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. 2016 Apr 11;6(4):e010412.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010412.

Research priorities for shoulder surgery: results of the 2015 James Lind Alliance patient and clinician priority setting partnership

Amar Rangan  1 , Sheela Upadhaya  2 , Sandra Regan  3 , Francine Toye  4 , Jonathan L Rees  5
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Research priorities for shoulder surgery: results of the 2015 James Lind Alliance patient and clinician priority setting partnership

Amar Rangan et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Objective: To run a UK based James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for 'Surgery for Common Shoulder Problems'.

Setting: This was a nationally funded and conducted process. It was organised from a musculoskeletal research centre and Biomedical Research Unit in Oxford.

Participants: UK shoulder patients, carers and clinicians, involved in treating patients with shoulder pain and shoulder problems that might require surgery.

Interventions: These were national electronic and paper surveys capturing treatment uncertainties that are important to shoulder patients, carers and clinicians.

Outcome measures: The outcomes relevant to this study were the survey results and rankings.

Results: The process took 18 months to complete, with 371 participants contributing 404 in scope questions. The James Lind process then produced a final 10 research priorities and uncertainties that relate to the scope of 'Surgery for Common Shoulder Problems'.

Conclusions: The final top 10 UK research priorities have been produced and are now being disseminated to partner organisations and funders to guide funding of shoulder research for the next 5-10 years on topics that are important to patients, their carers and clinicians.

Keywords: James Lind Alliance; SURGERY; uncertainties.

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Flow chart of priority setting partnership process indicating the number of questions at each stage.
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