Best Practices for Virtual Engagement of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Teams During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) engages patients as partners in research and focuses on questions and outcomes that are important to patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced PCOR teams to engage through web-based platforms rather than in person. Similarly, virtual engagement is the only safe alternative for members of the cystic fibrosis (CF) community, who spend their lives following strict infection control guidelines and are already restricted from in-person interactions. In the absence of universal best practices, the CF community has developed its own guidelines to help PCOR teams engage through web-based platforms.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the important attributes, facilitators, and barriers to teams when selecting web-based platfor

SUBMITTER: Thayer EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature