Abstract
Objectives: to identify the top 10 unanswered research questions for primary care patient safety research.
Design: a modified nominal group technique.
Setting: UK
Participants: Anyone with experience of primary care including: patients, carers and healthcare professionals. 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals submitted questions.
Main outcomes: A top 10, and top 30, future research questions for primary care patient safety
Results: 443 research questions were submitted by 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals, through a national survey. After checking for relevance and rephrasing, a total of 173 questions were collated into themes. The themes were largely focused on communication, team and system working, interfaces across primary and secondary care, medication, self-management support and technology. The questions were then prioritised through a national survey, the top 30 questions were taken forward to the final prioritisation workshop. The top 10 research questions focused on the most vulnerable in society, holistic whole-person care, safer communication and co-ordination between care providers, work intensity, continuity of care, suicide risk, complex care at home, and confidentiality.
Conclusions: This study was the first national prioritisation exercise to identify patient and health care professional priorities for primary care patient safety research. The research priorities identified a range of important gaps in the existing evidence to inform everyday practice to address primary care patient safety.
Design: a modified nominal group technique.
Setting: UK
Participants: Anyone with experience of primary care including: patients, carers and healthcare professionals. 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals submitted questions.
Main outcomes: A top 10, and top 30, future research questions for primary care patient safety
Results: 443 research questions were submitted by 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals, through a national survey. After checking for relevance and rephrasing, a total of 173 questions were collated into themes. The themes were largely focused on communication, team and system working, interfaces across primary and secondary care, medication, self-management support and technology. The questions were then prioritised through a national survey, the top 30 questions were taken forward to the final prioritisation workshop. The top 10 research questions focused on the most vulnerable in society, holistic whole-person care, safer communication and co-ordination between care providers, work intensity, continuity of care, suicide risk, complex care at home, and confidentiality.
Conclusions: This study was the first national prioritisation exercise to identify patient and health care professional priorities for primary care patient safety research. The research priorities identified a range of important gaps in the existing evidence to inform everyday practice to address primary care patient safety.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Journal | B M J Open |
Early online date | 28 Feb 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- patient safety
- primary care
- James Lind Alliance
- pharmacy
- general practice