Protocol for a scoping review to map patient engagement in scoping reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scoping reviews of health research are increasing in popularity. However, only a minority of scoping reviews in this sector engage patients and caregivers as co-producers of the research. Despite developments in scoping review methodology, which insist that stakeholder consultation is essential, no guiding methods exist to instruct the conduct of this stage. Thus, it is necessary to understand how patients and caregivers have been engaged as part of scoping reviews, toward a unifying methodology.

Methods

We have developed a protocol for a scoping review of methods used to engage patients and caregivers in scoping reviews of health research. The search strategy will comprise two phases: the first will involve a secondary analysis of retrieved articles from a prior

SUBMITTER: Oravec N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210720 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature