Patient stakeholder engagement in research: A narrative review to describe foundational principles and best practice activities

Background Health research is evolving to include patient stakeholders (patients, families and caregivers) as active members of research teams. Frameworks describing the conceptual foundations underlying this engagement and strategies detailing best practice activities to facilitate engagement have...

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Published in:	Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy 2019-06, Vol.22 (3), p.307-316
Main Authors:	Harrison, James D., Auerbach, Andrew D., Anderson, Wendy, Fagan, Maureen, Carnie, Martha, Hanson, Catherine, Banta, Jim, Symczak, Gina, Robinson, Edmondo, Schnipper, Jeffrey, Wong, Celene, Weiss, Rachel
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Best practice Bibliographic data bases Caregivers Collaboration Cooperative Behavior Grey literature Health Services Research Humans Medical research Medical Subject Headings-MeSH Medicine, Experimental Partnerships patient engagement patient involvement Patient Participation Patients Principles Research methodology Research Personnel Researchers Review Stakeholder Participation systematic review Teams Training
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Summary:	Background Health research is evolving to include patient stakeholders (patients, families and caregivers) as active members of research teams. Frameworks describing the conceptual foundations underlying this engagement and strategies detailing best practice activities to facilitate engagement have been published to guide these efforts. Objective The aims of this narrative review are to identify, quantify and summarize (a) the conceptual foundational principles of patient stakeholder engagement in research and (b) best practice activities to support these efforts. Search Strategy, Inclusion Criteria, Data Extraction and Synthesis We accessed a publicly available repository of systematically identified literature related to patient engagement in research. Two reviewers independently screened articles to identify relevant articles and ed data. Main Results We identified 990 potentially relevant articles of which 935 (94.4%) were excluded and 55 (5.6%) relevant. The most commonly reported foundational principles were “respect” (n = 25, 45%) and “equitable power between all team members” (n = 21, 38%). Creating “trust between patient stakeholders and researchers” was described in 17 (31%) articles. Twenty‐seven (49%) articles emphasized the importance of providing training and education for both patient stakeholder and researchers. Providing financial compensation for patient stakeholders’ time and expertise was noted in 19 (35%) articles. Twenty articles (36%) emphasized regular, bidirectional dialogue between patient partners and researchers as important for successful engagement. Discussion and Conclusions Engaging patient stakeholders in research as partners presents an opportunity to design, implement and disseminate patient‐centred research. This review creates an overarching foundational framework for authentic and sustainable partnerships between patient stakeholders and researchers.
ISSN:	1369-6513 1369-7625