November 2021 – In Grand Rounds 21, Drs. Penfold, Hanson, and Fortinsky, describe challenges from three pragmatic trials to share lessons learned and ideas for how to overcome these challenges in future research.
Robert Penfold, PhD
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente
Washington Health Research Institute
Leah Hanson, PhD
Senior Research Investigator,
Health Partners Institute
Richard H. Fortinsky, PhD
Professor and Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology
UConn Center on Aging
Learning Objectives
- Be familiar with some legal, ethical and logistical barriers to recruiting caregivers and measuring caregiver outcomes
- To gain knowledge about the potential for mindfulness to reduce stress and depressive symptoms in care partners
- Explain how issues involving consent and HIPAA authorization could be addressed and resolved during the IRB approval process in pragmatic trials compared to more conventional clinical trials.