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ArticleResearch involvement and engagement2020

Involving research participants in a pan-European research initiative: the EPAD participant panel experience.

S Gregory, E M Bunnik, A B Callado, I Carrie, C De Boer, J Duffus, K Fauria, S Forster, D Gove, I Knezevic and 7 more

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Article in Research involvement and engagement, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Stakeholder engagement in European brain research: Experiences of the Lifebrain consortium.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023
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  8. Conducting public involvement in dementia research: The contribution of the European Working Group of People with Dementia to the ROADMAP project.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

S GregoryEdinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9864-8240
E M BunnikDepartment of Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A B CalladoBarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Fundation, Barcelona, Spain.
I CarrieCentre de Recherche Clinique du Gérontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
C De BoerVUmc Alzheimercentrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J DuffusParticipant panel member, Barcelona, Spain.
K FauriaBarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Fundation, Barcelona, Spain.
S ForsterDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
D GoveAlzheimer Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
I KnezevicBarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Fundation, Barcelona, Spain.
A LaquidainParticipant panel member, Barcelona, Spain.
D PennetierCentre de Recherche Clinique du Gérontopôle, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
S SaundersEdinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
S SparksEdinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
J RiceParticipant panel member, Barcelona, Spain.
C W RitchieEdinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
R MilneInstitute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
University of Edinburgh · GBPasqual Maragall Foundation · ESUniversité Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées · FRAlzheimer Europe · LUErasmus MC · NLUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

The Dunhill Medical Trust R380R/1114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsIn this paper we describe the set-up, running and experiences of the EPAD participant panel. The EPAD study was a pan-European cohort study with the aim to understand risks for developing Alzheimer's disease and build a readiness cohort for Phase 2 clinical trials. Due to the longitudinal nature of this study, combined with the enrolment of healthy volunteers and those with mild cognitive impairments, the EPAD team highlighted participant involvement as crucial to the success of this project. The EPAD project employed a nested model, with local panels meeting in England, France, Scotland, Spain and The Netherlands, and feeding into a central study panel. The local panels were governed by terms of reference which were adaptable to local needs.

resultsThe impact of the panels has been widespread, and varies from feedback on documentation, to supporting with design of media materials and representation of the project at national and international meetings.

conclusionsThe EPAD panels have contributed to the success of the project and the model established is easily transferable to other disease areas investigating healthy or at-risk populations.

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PMID33088590
PMCPMC7566117
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