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ArticleJMIR research protocols2020

An Evaluation of Parents' Experiences of Patient Engagement in Research to Develop a Digital Knowledge Translation Tool: Protocol for a Multi-Method Study.

Alison P Thompson, Shannon E MacDonald, Eytan Wine, Shannon D Scott

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Article in JMIR research protocols, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alison P ThompsonFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-6534
Shannon E MacDonaldFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-4433
Eytan WineDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3458-4142
Shannon D ScottFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-3742
University of Alberta · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe last decade has seen increasing calls for patient and public involvement in health-related research due to an ideological shift toward more equitable methods of knowledge development and an effort to increase the usability and relevance of knowledge by improving outcomes in clinical practice. Patient engagement includes simply informing patients to offering complete decision-making autonomy to individuals, groups, communities, caregivers, friends, and families who have personal experience and knowledge of a health issue. Despite the use of patient engagement methods in research, evaluation has lagged, resulting in a knowledge gap that makes it difficult to foster capacity and sustainability for patients and researchers alike since little is known about how effective patient collaborations in research are built, maintained, or improved. This study centers on pediatric functional constipation, a common condition that affects children and families. Since parents play a pivotal role in treatment, they are an optimal group to engage in improving the resources and support available to them.

objectiveThis study aims to use patient-engagement methods to establish a research collaboration with parents to cocreate a digital knowledge translation tool for parents caring for a child with functional constipation and formally evaluate the patient engagement processes within this project to build the science of patient engagement in research.

methodsMembers of the parent collaborator group will be recruited from previous participants who expressed interest in the development of a digital knowledge translation tool. The group will collaborate with the research team to create a tool to address patients' support and information needs when caring for a child with functional constipation. The parent collaborator group will then be evaluated in a multimethod study design. Data will be digitally and anonymously collected from all members of the parent collaborator group, using the validated Public and Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool (PPEET) patient questionnaire. Descriptive statistics will be used to report group characteristics and question responses. Qualitative analysis will be used to understand open-ended question responses. Specifically, directed content analysis will be used to assess themes of the Patient Engagement in Research (PEIR) Framework with a combination of deductive and inductive analyses. Findings will be integrated into the discussion if there are sufficient commonalities and inter-relationships. The final manuscript will include reporting of each element as described by the Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study criteria.

resultsRecruitment is planned for June 2020. Data collection for the evaluation of patient engagement processes will occur upon completion of the digital knowledge translation tool. The results of this study are expected to be published by the end of 2020.

conclusionsThis study will provide valuable information about parents' experiences participating in child-health research and is a fundamental step in building the science of patient engagement in research. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/19108.

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digital health resourcesformative evaluationfunctional constipationknowledge translationpatient engagement in researchpatient-oriented research

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