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What do young people with rheumatic disease believe to be important to research about their condition? A UK-wide study

Overview of attention for article published in Pediatric Rheumatology, July 2017
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Title
What do young people with rheumatic disease believe to be important to research about their condition? A UK-wide study
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12969-017-0181-1
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Suzanne Parsons, Wendy Thomson, Katharine Cresswell, Bella Starling, Janet E McDonagh, On behalf of the Barbara Ansell National Network for Adolescent Rheumatology

Abstract

The involvement of people of all ages including young people in research is now widely advocated but prioritisation of research topics is still driven largely by professional agendas. Evidence from adult literature has reported a mismatch between a researcher and patient generated list of research topics. There have been no studies to date exploring the priorities of young people with long term conditions other than in SLE. The study aimed to explore the research priorities of young people across the UK with respect to rheumatic conditions. Focus groups were undertaken with young people aged 11-24 years with rheumatic conditions recruited across the UK via members of the Barbara Ansell National Network for Adolescent Rheumatology BANNAR and relevant national charities. Data was analysed using a Framework approach. Participants discussed their beliefs about what should be researched in: Basic Science; Clinical Medicine; Health Services, Psychosocial, and Public Health. They were then invited to prioritize these areas in terms of how much funding they should receive. Thirteen focus groups were held involving 63 participants (18 males: 45 females, mean age 16 years, range 10 to 24) in all four nations of the UK. Young people's research priorities were influenced by whether they felt research would achieve benefits for all or just some patients and long or short term goals. Another influence was whether participants felt that research areas were already well funded. Across all groups, Basic Science was a key priority and participants felt that psychosocial research should be prioritized more. Health Services Research was a lower priority, as the majority of participants were happy with their care. Clinical medicine was not a high priority as young people were happy with their medication or uncomfortable with trying new ones. Finally, for nearly all groups, Public Health was a low priority. Differences were also observed between the two age groups and across the geographically diverse focus groups. Understanding young people's research priorities is important to develop research that is in tune with their needs. The results highlight the importance of considering the whole age range of adolescence and young adulthood as well as geographical diversity. The findings from this work will inform the future research of the Barbara Ansell National Network for Adolescent Rheumatology BANNAR in the UK.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 57 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Student > Master 7 12%
Researcher 7 12%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 22 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 12%
Psychology 4 7%
Social Sciences 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 23 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 August 2017.
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#1,202,920
of 22,985,065 outputs
Outputs from Pediatric Rheumatology
#19
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#26,138
of 313,820 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pediatric Rheumatology
#1
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