Silicosis research priorities for health care, research, and health and safety professionals, and for people exposed to silica in Australia: a research priority setting exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the silicosis research priorities of people living with silicosis, workers at risk of silicosis, their partners and caregivers, and of health professionals and researchers.

Study design

Research priority setting exercise; modified James Lind Alliance framework for research priority setting partnerships, comprising an online survey followed by two forums in which thematic analysis and nominal group analysis were used to establish a list of research priorities.

Setting, participants

People with or at risk of silicosis, their partners or caregivers (survey, online forum) and health care professionals, researchers, health and safety professionals (survey, in-person forum), recruited 14 April - 19 December 2023.

Main outcome measures

Research

SUBMITTER: Barnes H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12399050 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature