Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders
Background: Several funding organizations using different agendas support research in general practice. Topic selection and prioritization are often not coordinated, which may lead to duplication and research waste. Objectives: To develop systematically a national research agenda for general practic...
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| author | Jako S. Burgers Jolanda Wittenberg Debby G. Keuken Frans Dekker Femke P. Hohmann Dieuwke Leereveld Suzanne A. Ligthart Jan-Willem A. Mulder Guy Rutten Johannes C. van der Wouden Jacintha A. M. van Balen J. André Knottnerus |
| author_facet | Jako S. Burgers Jolanda Wittenberg Debby G. Keuken Frans Dekker Femke P. Hohmann Dieuwke Leereveld Suzanne A. Ligthart Jan-Willem A. Mulder Guy Rutten Johannes C. van der Wouden Jacintha A. M. van Balen J. André Knottnerus |
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| description | Background: Several funding organizations using different agendas support research in general practice. Topic selection and prioritization are often not coordinated, which may lead to duplication and research waste. Objectives: To develop systematically a national research agenda for general practice involving general practitioners, researchers, patients and other relevant stakeholders in healthcare. Methods: We reviewed knowledge gaps from 90 Dutch general practice guidelines and formulated research questions based on these gaps. In addition, we asked 96 healthcare stakeholders to add research questions relevant for general practice. All research questions were prioritized by practising general practitioners in an online survey (n = 232) and by participants of an invitational conference including general practitioners (n = 48) and representatives of other stakeholders in healthcare (n = 16), e.g. patient organizations and medical specialists. Results: We identified 787 research questions. These were categorized in two ways: according to the chapters of the International Classification for Primary Care (ICPC) and in 12 themes such as common conditions, person-centred care and patient education, collaboration and organization of care. The prioritizing procedure resulted in top 10 lists of research questions for each ICPC chapter and each theme. Conclusion: The process resulted in a widely supported National Research Agenda for General Practice. We encourage both researchers and funding organizations to use this agenda to focus their research on the most relevant issues in general practice and to generate new evidence for the next generation of guidelines and the future of general practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26796fd956f14e30a4f54fd4b9df14ad2022-12-22T01:50:00ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of General Practice1381-47881751-14022019-01-01251192410.1080/13814788.2018.15329931532993Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholdersJako S. Burgers0Jolanda Wittenberg1Debby G. Keuken2Frans Dekker3Femke P. Hohmann4Dieuwke Leereveld5Suzanne A. Ligthart6Jan-Willem A. Mulder7Guy Rutten8Johannes C. van der Wouden9Jacintha A. M. van Balen10J. André Knottnerus11Maastricht UniversityDutch College of General PractitionersDutch College of General PractitionersGeneral PracticeGeneral PracticeKnowledge Institute of Medical SpecialistsAcademic Medical CentreNetherlands Patient FederationUniversity Medical CentreVU University Medical CentreDutch College of General PractitionersMaastricht UniversityBackground: Several funding organizations using different agendas support research in general practice. Topic selection and prioritization are often not coordinated, which may lead to duplication and research waste. Objectives: To develop systematically a national research agenda for general practice involving general practitioners, researchers, patients and other relevant stakeholders in healthcare. Methods: We reviewed knowledge gaps from 90 Dutch general practice guidelines and formulated research questions based on these gaps. In addition, we asked 96 healthcare stakeholders to add research questions relevant for general practice. All research questions were prioritized by practising general practitioners in an online survey (n = 232) and by participants of an invitational conference including general practitioners (n = 48) and representatives of other stakeholders in healthcare (n = 16), e.g. patient organizations and medical specialists. Results: We identified 787 research questions. These were categorized in two ways: according to the chapters of the International Classification for Primary Care (ICPC) and in 12 themes such as common conditions, person-centred care and patient education, collaboration and organization of care. The prioritizing procedure resulted in top 10 lists of research questions for each ICPC chapter and each theme. Conclusion: The process resulted in a widely supported National Research Agenda for General Practice. We encourage both researchers and funding organizations to use this agenda to focus their research on the most relevant issues in general practice and to generate new evidence for the next generation of guidelines and the future of general practice.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2018.1532993Clinical practice guidelineknowledge gapresearch agendatopic selection |
| spellingShingle | Jako S. Burgers Jolanda Wittenberg Debby G. Keuken Frans Dekker Femke P. Hohmann Dieuwke Leereveld Suzanne A. Ligthart Jan-Willem A. Mulder Guy Rutten Johannes C. van der Wouden Jacintha A. M. van Balen J. André Knottnerus Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders European Journal of General Practice Clinical practice guideline knowledge gap research agenda topic selection |
| title | Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| title_full | Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| title_fullStr | Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| title_short | Development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in Dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| title_sort | development of a research agenda for general practice based on knowledge gaps identified in dutch guidelines and input from 48 stakeholders |
| topic | Clinical practice guideline knowledge gap research agenda topic selection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2018.1532993 |
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