Conducting Patient-Oriented Research in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.
Journal
The patient
ISSN: 1178-1661
Titre abrégé: Patient
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101309314
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2023
01 2023
Historique:
accepted:
05
07
2022
pubmed:
23
7
2022
medline:
7
1
2023
entrez:
22
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Patient-oriented research involves extensive collaboration with patients, their families, caregivers, clinicians and other relevant stakeholders to identify and investigate problems and outcomes relevant to patients. Patient-oriented research can help develop effective patient-centred interventions. Patient-oriented research is an increasingly used approach in high-income countries, but it is unclear how patients are engaged in research in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim of this scoping review was to explore how patient-oriented research is conducted in LMICs. The objectives were to determine the levels of involvement of patients in the research, how studies have impacted healthcare and patient outcomes in these countries, the reported benefits of patient-oriented research on the research process and the reported challenges of conducting patient-oriented research in LMICs. A scoping review was conducted using the methodological framework suggested by Arksey and O'Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for conducting scoping reviews. The eligibility criteria were any healthcare research using any research design that involved patients of any age group in the research process. Six databases were searched from their inception till January 4, 2022: MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsychInfo, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and EBM Reviews. The reference lists of relevant articles and Google Scholar were combed as well. Data extraction was performed with a self-developed data extraction guide. The findings were narratively summarised. Thirteen articles were included in this scoping review, representing eight LMICs in Africa and Asia. The majority of studies (38%, n = 5) focused on patients living with human immunodeficiency virus. More than half of the studies (n = 8, 62%) were conducted in the adult population, 31% (n = 4) of the studies involved children and/or adolescents. For most of the studies (92%, n = 12), the participants served as consultants; for one study, the authors identified the participants as co-researchers. Across the studies, information regarding patient-oriented research activities was not consistently reported in the same manner (i.e. different locations in the article), with very limited information in some cases. None of the studies used a patient-oriented research framework and the majority did not report on how patient-oriented research impacted healthcare and patient outcomes. Patient-oriented research was beneficial in identifying relevant patients' needs and improving collaboration among stakeholders, but it also led to extended research timelines and increased financial costs for the researchers and patients. Researchers in LMICs are incorporating patient-oriented research in their research; however, there is a need for improved reporting practices in published articles, and the use of frameworks to guide patient-oriented research in LMICs. In LMICs, patient-oriented research enhances collaboration across stakeholders and gives patients a sense of ownership over the interventions and research process. Future work should focus on developing contextually relevant conceptual frameworks and further studies should explore the impact of patient-oriented research on healthcare and patient outcomes in the LMIC context.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Patient-oriented research involves extensive collaboration with patients, their families, caregivers, clinicians and other relevant stakeholders to identify and investigate problems and outcomes relevant to patients. Patient-oriented research can help develop effective patient-centred interventions. Patient-oriented research is an increasingly used approach in high-income countries, but it is unclear how patients are engaged in research in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this scoping review was to explore how patient-oriented research is conducted in LMICs. The objectives were to determine the levels of involvement of patients in the research, how studies have impacted healthcare and patient outcomes in these countries, the reported benefits of patient-oriented research on the research process and the reported challenges of conducting patient-oriented research in LMICs.
METHODS
A scoping review was conducted using the methodological framework suggested by Arksey and O'Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for conducting scoping reviews. The eligibility criteria were any healthcare research using any research design that involved patients of any age group in the research process. Six databases were searched from their inception till January 4, 2022: MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsychInfo, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and EBM Reviews. The reference lists of relevant articles and Google Scholar were combed as well. Data extraction was performed with a self-developed data extraction guide. The findings were narratively summarised.
RESULTS
Thirteen articles were included in this scoping review, representing eight LMICs in Africa and Asia. The majority of studies (38%, n = 5) focused on patients living with human immunodeficiency virus. More than half of the studies (n = 8, 62%) were conducted in the adult population, 31% (n = 4) of the studies involved children and/or adolescents. For most of the studies (92%, n = 12), the participants served as consultants; for one study, the authors identified the participants as co-researchers. Across the studies, information regarding patient-oriented research activities was not consistently reported in the same manner (i.e. different locations in the article), with very limited information in some cases. None of the studies used a patient-oriented research framework and the majority did not report on how patient-oriented research impacted healthcare and patient outcomes. Patient-oriented research was beneficial in identifying relevant patients' needs and improving collaboration among stakeholders, but it also led to extended research timelines and increased financial costs for the researchers and patients.
CONCLUSIONS
Researchers in LMICs are incorporating patient-oriented research in their research; however, there is a need for improved reporting practices in published articles, and the use of frameworks to guide patient-oriented research in LMICs. In LMICs, patient-oriented research enhances collaboration across stakeholders and gives patients a sense of ownership over the interventions and research process. Future work should focus on developing contextually relevant conceptual frameworks and further studies should explore the impact of patient-oriented research on healthcare and patient outcomes in the LMIC context.
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pubmed: 35869330
doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00592-w
pii: 10.1007/s40271-022-00592-w
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