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Abstract:

This article reports on the findings from an evaluation of patient involvement in a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient data in cervical cancer. The authors report that the greatest impact of the patient research partners was to identify a gap in the evidence around late side effects of treatment which led the researchers to get involved in an another research project. The research partners valued their involvement but one questioned how much they had been able to influence the meta-analysis. The authors conclude that future involvement in systematic reviews should be prioritised to projects where the greatest impacts could be achieved.

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Categories: health
Identifying topics, prioritising and commissioning
Managing research
Undertaking research
Analysing and interpreting
Writing up and disseminating
impact on research
impact on service users involved
impact on researchers
impact of public involvement
journal article

Date Entered: 2012/09/04

Date Edited: 2012/09/04