Evaluation of a research awareness training programme to support research involvement of older people with dementia and their care partners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Best-practice guidelines recommend that appropriate support be provided to public contributors to facilitate their involvement in research. One form of support is research awareness training. Older people with dementia and care partners were involved in four Research User Groups (RUGs) in the UK, France, Cyprus and Greece. We delivered research awareness training (RAT) to the RUGs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability and perceived outcomes of the training from the perspective of RUG members.

Methods

At the end of each research training session, participants completed the Training Acceptability Rating Scale-section 2, which records the respondent's impressions of the training process and the outcomes of training. Participants were also invited t

SUBMITTER: Miah J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696121 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature