The prevalence of patient engagement in published trials: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Plain English summary:With the growing movement to engage patients in research, questions are being asked about who is engaging patients and how they are being engaged. Internationally, research groups are supporting and funding patient-oriented research studies that engage patients in the identification of research priorities and the design, conduct and uptake of research. As we move forward, we need to know what meaningful patient engagement looks like, how it benefits research and clinical practice, and what are the barriers to patient engagement?We conducted a review of the published literature looking for trials that report engaging patients in the research. We included both randomized controlled trials and non-randomized comparative trials. We looked at these trials for important stu

SUBMITTER: Fergusson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5963039 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature