A scoping review on the use of patient and public involvement in the design and conduct of implementation research
What are we trying to do?
This scoping review aims to scope the literature on the use of patient and public involvement in the design and running of implementation research, to produce a catalogue of involvement.
Why is it important?
Findings from healthcare research are often not turned into practice. Implementation research is the study of ways to help integrate evidence-based interventions into practice and policy to improve peoples’ health.
Currently, most implementation research aims to understand and change the ways healthcare professionals work. The users of implementation research are also mostly healthcare professionals.
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in clinical research is recognised as best practice and is now a requirement for funders globally, little is still known about the role of patients and the public in implementation research. Thus, there is a need for a review exploring how patients and the public have been involved in implementation research, and the reported benefits to the research, researchers, and patientsh.
How are we doing it?
We are conducting a scoping review, in line with Arksey and O'Malley's [1] five stage aprroach:
- Identifying the research question
- Identifying relevant studies
- Selecting studies
- Charting the data
- Collating, summarising and reporting the results.
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