Priority setting partnership to identify the top 10 research priorities for the management of Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This priority setting partnership was commissioned by Parkinson's UK to encourage people with direct and personal experience of the condition to work together to identify and prioritise the top 10 evidential uncertainties that impact on everyday clinical practice for the management of Parkinson's disease (PD).

Setting

The UK.

Participants

Anyone with experience of PD including: people with Parkinson's (PwP), carers, family and friends, healthcare and social care professionals. Non-clinical researchers and employees of pharmaceutical or medical devices companies were excluded. 1000 participants (60% PwP) provided ideas on research uncertainties, 475 (72% PwP) initially prioritised them and 27 (37% PwP) stakeholders agreed a final top 10.

Methods

Using

SUBMITTER: Deane KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4281559 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature