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ArticlePloS one2019

Facilitating public and patient involvement in basic and preclinical health research.

James Maccarthy, Suzanne Guerin, Anthony G Wilson, Emma R Dorris

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Engaging patient communities in intracranial neuroscience research.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  9. Frameworks Used to Engage Postsecondary Students in Campus Mental Health Research: A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  14. The Development of Principles for Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Preclinical Spinal Cord Research: A Modified Delphi Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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  17. Patient and public involvement in preclinical and medical research: Evaluation of an established programme in a Discovery-Based Medical Research Institute.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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  18. Perspectives of researchers and clinicians on patient and public involvement (PPI) in preclinical spinal cord research: An interview study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

James MaccarthyUCD Centre for Arthritis Research, School of Medicine, UCD Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Suzanne GuerinUCD School of Psychology, UCD Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Anthony G WilsonUCD Centre for Arthritis Research, School of Medicine, UCD Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Emma R DorrisUCD Centre for Arthritis Research, School of Medicine, UCD Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-2014-934X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Involving patients in research broadens a researcher's field of influence and may generate novel ideas. Preclinical research is integral to the progression of innovative healthcare. These are not patient-facing disciplines and implementing meaningful public and patient involvement (PPI) can be a challenge. A discussion forum and thematic analysis identified key challenges of implementing public and patient involvement for preclinical researchers. In response we developed a "PPI Ready" planning canvas. For contemporaneous evaluation of public and patient involvement, a psychometric questionnaire and an open source tool for its evaluation were developed. The questionnaire measures information, procedural and quality assessment. Combined with the open source evaluation tool, researchers are notified if public and patient involvement is unsatisfactory in any of these areas. The tool is easy to use and adapts a psychometric test into a format familiar to preclinical scientists. Designed to be used iteratively across a research project, it provides a simple reporting grade to document satisfaction trend over the research lifecycle.

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CommunicationPublic OpinionBiomedical ResearchCooperative BehaviorFemaleHumansMalePatient ParticipationResearch DesignResearch PersonnelSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID31086377
PMCPMC6516642

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