Understanding Co-Creation in a Research Partnership Programme Exploring Patient-Driven Innovations: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research indicates that successful co-creation depends on a shared understanding of co-creation and its related concepts. However, it also shows that, in practice, views on co-creation and how to do it differ. This study aims to explore how patient innovators and researchers in a partnership research programme understand co-creation and how this understanding changes over time.

Methods

An explorative longitudinal qualitative study was conducted with the 'Patients in the Driver's Seat' partnership research programme. Fifty-eight interviews were performed and analysed using a reflexive thematic approach.

Findings

Four different ways of understanding co-creation were identified. These can be instrumentally conceptualized as themes using the inputs-process-outp

SUBMITTER: Jansson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11362650 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature