Research engagement and patient-reported quality of care: a cross-sectional study of UK inflammatory bowel disease services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Across several clinical specialties, research-active hospitals deliver higher-quality care and achieve better patient outcomes. To date, these associations have primarily been demonstrated using hospital-reported metrics, with limited insight from the patient perspective. This study evaluated, for the first time, the association between research activity within UK inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) hospital services and adult patient-reported quality of care.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using 2023 national IBD UK benchmarking Patient and Service Survey data linked with research recruitment metrics from the National Institute for Health and Care Research Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS) between 2020 and 2022. Patient-reported high-qualit

SUBMITTER: Mulligan RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853465 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature