Pillemer Karl, Suitor J Jill, Wethington Elaine
Cornell Gerontology Research Institute and Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853, USA.
Gerontologist. 2003 Mar;43 Spec No 1:19-28. doi: 10.1093/geront/43.suppl_1.19.
The premise of this article is that interventions should be based explicitly on theory and basic research findings. Although there appears to be general agreement with that assertion, the connections among theory, research, and intervention in the field of gerontology are often tenuous or nonexistent. In this article, we argue for better integration of these three domains, providing two case studies from the Cornell Roybal Center that illustrate the positive role theory and research can play in intervention designs and broader applicability of findings.
Study 1 involved a social support intervention for persons making the transition to becoming a family caregiver. Study 2 was an organizational intervention designed to improve interpersonal relationships and increase mutual support between family caregivers and staff in nursing homes.
Several benefits emerged as a result of creating theoretically grounded and research-based interventions, including guidance for innovative intervention design and the production of findings that inform both basic research and intervention.
A much closer link between theory and basic research and intervention studies is indicated, suggesting that current federal support of translational research initiatives is justified and worthy of expansion.
本文的前提是干预措施应明确基于理论和基础研究结果。尽管对于这一论断似乎存在普遍共识，但老年学领域中理论、研究和干预之间的联系往往很薄弱或不存在。在本文中，我们主张更好地整合这三个领域，并提供康奈尔罗伊巴尔中心的两个案例研究，以说明理论和研究在干预设计中可以发挥的积极作用以及研究结果更广泛的适用性。
研究1是针对正转变为家庭照顾者的人群的社会支持干预。研究2是一项组织干预，旨在改善人际关系并增强养老院中家庭照顾者与工作人员之间的相互支持。
通过创建基于理论和研究的干预措施产生了若干益处，包括为创新干预设计提供指导以及产生可为基础研究和干预提供信息的研究结果。
这表明理论与基础研究以及干预研究之间需要建立更紧密的联系，这意味着当前联邦政府对转化研究计划的支持是合理的且值得扩大。
