Purpose:

Medical respite provides postacute care to people experiencing homelessness upon hospital discharge if they are too sick to recover on the streets or in a traditional shelter. The current study examined the feasibility of conducting a study to test the effectiveness of a medical respite intervention for older people experiencing homelessness.

Methods:

Fifteen patient and 11 provider participants were interviewed between July and November 2018.

Results:

Participants’ considerations for how to design a program of research included (1) desired qualities of researchers; (2) preferences for study design; (3) mechanisms for participant recruitment and retention; (4) what, where, and how to collect data; and (5) barriers and motivations to participation.

Conclusions:

Findings from this study build on an emerging research base on how to appropriately engage vulnerable patient groups, including older people experiencing homelessness, in trauma-informed research by including peer researchers on research teams to serve as advisors throughout the research process.

中文翻译：

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在为无家可归的老年人设计干预研究时，应优先考虑患者的观点

目的：

如果因病而无法在街头或传统庇护所中康复的人出院后无家可归，医疗暂休将为他们提供急诊护理。当前的研究检验了进行一项研究以测试对经历无家可归的老年人的医疗暂缓干预措施的有效性的可行性。

方法：

在2018年7月至11月之间，对15名患者和11名医疗服务提供者参与者进行了采访。

结果：

参与者对如何设计研究计划的考虑包括：（1）研究人员的理想素质；（2）研究设计的偏爱；（3）参与者招募和保留机制；（4）什么，在哪里以及如何收集数据；（5）参与的障碍和动机。

结论：

这项研究的结果建立在一个新兴的研究基础上，该研究基础是如何让弱势患者群体（包括经历无家可归的老年人）适当地参与创伤知情的研究，方法是让研究团队的同行研究人员包括在整个研究过程中担任顾问。