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. 2022 Apr;22(4):201-202.
doi: 10.1038/s41577-022-00692-6.

Lessons from Long COVID: working with patients to design better research

Nisreen A Alwan  1   2   3
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Lessons from Long COVID: working with patients to design better research

Nisreen A Alwan. Nat Rev Immunol. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

The perspectives of people with lived experience of any condition being researched must actively inform the research questions asked and the way in which we go about answering them. The experience of Long Covid gives a contemporary example of how working together with patients is integral to medical research.

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Conflict of interest statement

N.A.A. is a co-investigator on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grant to understand Long Covid (STIMULATE-ICP; Symptoms, trajectory, inequalities and management: understanding long COVID to address and transform existing integrated care pathways). The views expressed here are personal and not necessarily those of NIHR.

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