Defining Priorities for Future Research: Results of the UK Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been suggested that the research priorities of those funding and performing research in transplantation may differ from those of end service users such as patients, carers and healthcare professionals involved in day-to-day care. The Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) was established with the aim of involving all stakeholders in prioritising future research in the field.

Methods

The PSP methodology is as outlined by the James Lind Alliance. An initial survey collected unanswered research questions from patients, carers and clinicians. Duplicate and out-of-scope topics were excluded and the existing literature searched to identify topics answered by current evidence. An interim prioritisation survey asked patients and professionals to score

SUBMITTER: Knight SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5077146 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature