Medicine in older age - perception and assessment of aging processes by older people and medical and nursing professionals

Conditions

elderly persons and their diseases/complaints

Evelyn Kleinert, Laura Mohacsi, Eva Hummers

BMC Nursing2026-07-29

Promoting well-being in later life - a qualitative analysis of focus groups and individual interviews with older adults in Germany.

Kleinert E, Mohacsi L, Stange L, Broschmann D, Nebel L, Hummers E.

2025-05-131 citations

10.1186/s12875-025-02767-4

A 'good death' needs good cooperation with health care professionals - a qualitative focus group study with seniors, physicians and nurses in Germany.

Mohacsi L, Stange L, Höfig S, Nebel L, Broschmann D, Hummers E, Kleinert E.

2024-12-202 citations

10.1186/s12904-024-01625-x

Medicine in older age-perception and assessment of ageing processes by older people and medical and nursing professionals: study protocol for a qualitative focus group design (FOR TiMed_Life).

Kleinert E, Mohacsi L, Heim S, Hummers E.

2022-11-242 citations

10.1186/s12913-022-08731-7

Interventions

Group 1: Seniors over 75 years: Participation in focus groups or individual interviews Group 2: Nursing staff from the outpatient and inpatient sector: Participation in focus groups Group 3: Physician

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Senior citizens over 75 years of age, physicians or nurses over 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cognitive or language limitations

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
No defined endpoint: qualitative study with focus groups and individual interviews (no clinical study): The aim is to elicit care preferences and priorities among the three groups (elders, caregivers, and physicians*) and to provide empirics on the medical ethics discourse in the field.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No defined secundary outcome (not a clinical study) s.above	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactEvelyn Kleinert

Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

evelyn.kleinert@med.uni-goettingen.de+495513965302

Outcome results

None listed