Translating evidence in a priority setting partnership: knowledge gaps between healthcare providers and oesophageal cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the fact that health information is now more accessible than ever, knowledge gaps remain between patients and healthcare providers (HCPs). To date, the patients' need for information following a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer has not been adequately met.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify why knowledge gaps exist between oesophageal cancer patients and HCPs and how to address them.

Methods

Purposive sampling of a group of people living with and after oesophageal cancer who had participated in a priority-setting partnership where 45% of questions from patients had existing evidence-based answers. A 7-set question series was developed for use in a patient/HCP focus group in addition to 11 individual phone interviews with survivors of

SUBMITTER: McDonnell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9860237 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature