Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study

Objective Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for PC research. This study aims to prioritise candida...

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Main Authors: Frank Moriarty, Paul Glasziou, Chris van Weel, Grant Russell, Johannes C van der Wouden, Aaron Orkin, Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, Tim C Olde Hartman, William R Phillips, Joanne Reeve, Pallavi Prathivadi, Peter L B J Lucassen
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12-01
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author Frank Moriarty
Paul Glasziou
Chris van Weel
Grant Russell
Johannes C van der Wouden
Aaron Orkin
Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss
Tim C Olde Hartman
William R Phillips
Joanne Reeve
Pallavi Prathivadi
Peter L B J Lucassen
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Paul Glasziou
Chris van Weel
Grant Russell
Johannes C van der Wouden
Aaron Orkin
Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss
Tim C Olde Hartman
William R Phillips
Joanne Reeve
Pallavi Prathivadi
Peter L B J Lucassen
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description Objective Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for PC research. This study aims to prioritise candidate reporting items to inform a reporting guideline for PC research.Design Delphi study conducted by the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care (CRISP) Working Group.Setting International online survey.Participants Interdisciplinary PC researchers and research users.Main outcome measures We drew potential reporting items from literature review and a series of international, interdisciplinary surveys. Using an anonymous, online survey, we asked participants to vote on and whether each candidate item should be included, required or recommended in a PC research reporting guideline. Items advanced to the next Delphi round if they received>50% votes to include. Analysis used descriptive statistics plus synthesis of free-text responses.Results 98/116 respondents completed round 1 (84% response rate) and 89/98 completed round 2 (91%). Respondents included a variety of healthcare professions, research roles, levels of experience and all five world regions. Round 1 presented 29 potential items, and 25 moved into round 2 after rewording and combining items and adding 2 new items. A majority of round 2 respondents voted to include 23 items (90%–100% for 11 items, 80%–89% for 3 items, 70%–79% for 3 items, 60%–69% for 3 items and 50%–59% for 3 items).Conclusion Our Delphi study identified items to guide the reporting of PC research that has broad endorsement from the community of producers and users of PC research. We will now use these results to inform the final development of the CRISP guidance for reporting PC research.
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spelling doaj-art-0e0e8d8c78d04e2c839d7f3d6ccda4012025-08-20T02:27:16ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552022-12-01121210.1136/bmjopen-2022-066564Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi studyFrank Moriarty0Paul Glasziou1Chris van Weel2Grant Russell3Johannes C van der Wouden4Aaron Orkin5Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss6Tim C Olde Hartman7William R Phillips8Joanne Reeve9Pallavi Prathivadi10Peter L B J Lucassen11Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, IrelandCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LFRadboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of General Practice, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaGeneral Practice, Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlandsassistant professor and emergency physicianNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia4 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum, Nijmegen, NetherlandsUniversity of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA8 Hull York Medical School, Hull, UKDepartment of General Practice, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaRadboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsObjective Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for PC research. This study aims to prioritise candidate reporting items to inform a reporting guideline for PC research.Design Delphi study conducted by the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care (CRISP) Working Group.Setting International online survey.Participants Interdisciplinary PC researchers and research users.Main outcome measures We drew potential reporting items from literature review and a series of international, interdisciplinary surveys. Using an anonymous, online survey, we asked participants to vote on and whether each candidate item should be included, required or recommended in a PC research reporting guideline. Items advanced to the next Delphi round if they received>50% votes to include. Analysis used descriptive statistics plus synthesis of free-text responses.Results 98/116 respondents completed round 1 (84% response rate) and 89/98 completed round 2 (91%). Respondents included a variety of healthcare professions, research roles, levels of experience and all five world regions. Round 1 presented 29 potential items, and 25 moved into round 2 after rewording and combining items and adding 2 new items. A majority of round 2 respondents voted to include 23 items (90%–100% for 11 items, 80%–89% for 3 items, 70%–79% for 3 items, 60%–69% for 3 items and 50%–59% for 3 items).Conclusion Our Delphi study identified items to guide the reporting of PC research that has broad endorsement from the community of producers and users of PC research. We will now use these results to inform the final development of the CRISP guidance for reporting PC research.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e066564.full
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William R Phillips
Joanne Reeve
Pallavi Prathivadi
Peter L B J Lucassen
Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study
BMJ Open
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