Innovators' views on involving users and patients in surgical device development: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Involving end-users and patients in the development of surgical devices, even when patients are not end-users, is deemed important in policy and in academia since it could improve strategic choices in research and development (R&D). Nonetheless, research into innovators' views on end-user and patient involvement is rare. This study explores what end-users and patients are being involved by innovators during development, what methods for involvement are being used and what topics are being discussed with these end-users and patients.

Design

A qualitative study featuring semi-structured interviews with innovators of surgical devices. Interviews were recorded and a thematic analysis was performed on verbatim transcripts.

Participants

15 interviews were conduct

SUBMITTER: Woudstra K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature