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What do young people with rheumatic conditions in the UK think about research involvement? A qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in Pediatric Rheumatology, May 2018
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Title
What do young people with rheumatic conditions in the UK think about research involvement? A qualitative study
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12969-018-0251-z
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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 (BANNAR)

Abstract

Involving people of all ages in health research is now widely advocated. To date, no studies have explored whether and how young people with chronic rheumatic conditions want to be involved in influencing health research. This study aimed to explore amongst young people with rheumatic conditions, 1) their experiences of research participation and involvement 2) their beliefs about research involvement and 3) beliefs about how young people's involvement should be organized in the future. Focus groups discussions with young people aged 11-24 years with rheumatic conditions across the UK. Data was analysed using a qualitative Framework approach. Thirteen focus groups were held involving 63 participants (45 F: 18 M, mean age 16, range 10 to 24 years) across the UK. All believed that young people had a right to be involved in influencing research and to be consulted by researchers. However, experience of research involvement varied greatly. For many, the current project was the first time they had been involved. Amongst those with experience of research involvement, awareness of what they had been involved in and why was often low. Those who had previously participated in research appeared more positive and confident about influencing research in the future. However, all felt that there were limited opportunities for them to be both research participants and to get involved in research as public contributors. These findings suggest that there is an on-going need to both increase awareness of research involvement and participation of young people in rheumatology as well as amongst young people themselves.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 17%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Unspecified 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Other 7 20%
Unknown 9 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 37%
Unspecified 3 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 6%
Psychology 2 6%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 10 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. 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 14 June 2018.
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#2
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