Digital participatory workshops with patients and health professionals to develop an intervention for the management of polypharmacy: results from a mixed-methods evaluation and methodological conclusions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous researchers postponed their patient and public involvement (PPI) activities. This was mainly due to assumptions on patients' willingness and skills to participate digitally. In fact, digital PPI workshops differ from in-person meetings as some forms of non-verbal cues and body language may be missing and technical barriers may exist. Within our project HYPERION-TransCare we adapted our PPI workshop series for intervention development to a digital format and assessed whether these digital workshops were feasible for patients, health care professionals and researchers.

Methods

We used a digital meeting tool that included communication via audio, video and chat. Discussions were documented simultaneously on a digital white board. Te

SUBMITTER: Engler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature