THANK YOU / FINDINGS PUBLISHED
Thank you
The Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement team would like to say a huge thank you to Robert Taylor , who has been volunteering with the team for the last few years .
Robert has been a huge support to the PPIE team , helping out with RUG meetings , producing the glossary , lay summaries and being on hand to help and guide his fellow members through the research process . Robert has also been instrumental in the publication of MSK Matters , sitting on the editorial board and has worked hard on the CIPCA ( Primary Care medical records ) database .
Robert will still be a part of the RUG so you will still see him around and about the Centre at meetings .
On behalf of the iPCHS we would like to thank Robert for giving up his spare time to help the team .
Findings published
Researchers at Keele , Birmingham University and University College , have published the findings of a NIHR School for Primary Care Research ( SPCR ) funded study examining the extent , quality and impact of patient and public involvement ( PPI ) in primary care research .
Developed and conducted in partnership with RUG members and other public contributors , the study examined in depth the role of PPI in 200 primary care projects and a survey of 191 researchers . Previous studies have tended to focus on extent and impact of PPI .
But knowing the quality of PPI is just as essential . This is the first study to investigate the quality and impact of PPI across a wide range of primary care research studies . The research team , including Clare Jinks and Steven
Blackburn , found that between 2008 and 2014 , only a quarter ( 24 %) of grant applications included PPI and less than half of studies ( 46 %) provided details of PPI conducted during the study in their annual and / or final reports . Inconsistencies between the plans to conduct PPI during a study and the reported delivery of that activity were found .
There were also inconsistencies in PPI practice across research design and topics . Examples of good practice were evident , making a positive impact to research . However , the main cost of PPI for researchers was their time .
This study has highlighted the benefits , harms and costs ( financial and non-financial ) of PPI to produce a ‘ Cost and Consequences Framework ’ which may help others assess the impacts of PPI .
Furthermore , the findings and recommendations ( coproduced with RUG members ) have influenced the SPCR ’ s current strategy and resources for PPI . The research is published in the journal Research Involvement and Engagement . https :// rdcu . be / 2r0l