A proposed methodology for uncertainty extraction and verification in priority setting partnerships with the James Lind Alliance: an example from the Common Conditions Affecting the Hand and Wrist Priority Setting Partnership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To report our recommended methodology for extracting and then confirming research uncertainties - areas where research has failed to answer a research question - derived from previously published literature during a broad scope Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) with the James Lind Alliance (JLA).

Methods

This process was completed in the UK as part of the PSP for "Common Conditions Affecting the Hand and Wrist", comprising of health professionals, patients and carers and reports the data (uncertainty) extraction phase of this. The PSP followed the robust methodology dictated by the JLA and sought to identify knowledge gaps, termed "uncertainties" by the JLA. Published Cochrane Systematic Reviews, Guidelines and Protocols, NICE (National Institute for Health and C

SUBMITTER: Grindlay DJC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650903 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature