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Patient involvement in surgical wound care research : A scoping review
Muir, Rachel Carlini, Joan Julie Harbeck, Emma Louise Gillespie, Brigid Mary Tuffaha, Haitham Wadah Walker, Rachel Michell McInnes, Elizabeth Catherine Latimer, Sharon Leanne Lin, Frances Fengzhi Pearcy, Josh Michael
Muir, Rachel
Carlini, Joan Julie
Harbeck, Emma Louise
Gillespie, Brigid Mary
Tuffaha, Haitham Wadah
Walker, Rachel Michell
McInnes, Elizabeth Catherine
Latimer, Sharon Leanne
Lin, Frances Fengzhi
Pearcy, Josh Michael
Abstract
Active involvement of patients in planning, conducting, and disseminating research has been adopted by many organisations internationally, but the extent to which this occurs in surgical wound care is not evident. This scoping review aimed to identify how patients have been involved in surgical wound care research and the quality of its reporting. Full-text studies focused on preoperative and postoperative surgical wound care in the acute care setting, published in English between 2004 and 2019, were included in the review. Screening, data charting, and quality assessment were conducted by two reviewers independently, adjudicated by a third, and then reviewed by five others. Thematic analysis synthesised the findings. Of the eight included studies, seven explained the methods for patient involvement and five described aims related to patient involvement and commented on patient involvement in the discussion. None met all of the quality assessment criteria. Three themes emerged: involvement in modifying and refining research processes, connecting and balancing expert and patient views, and sharing personal insights. Recommendations to improve patient involvement in surgical wounds research include the following: using framework and tools to inform future research; training researcher and patients in their respective research roles; and ongoing monitoring of patient involvement.
Keywords
consumer involvement, patient participation, research, surgical wounds, systematic review
Date
2020
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Wound Journal
Book
Volume
17
Issue
5
Page Range
1462-1482
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ACU Department
Nursing Research Institute
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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