Abstract
The Going the Extra Mile report highlights a vision for the future in which public and patient involvement (PPI) is so embedded in the research culture that it is the norm. It is recognised that the public/patients have a right to be involved in publicly funded research with the potential to impact on personal health or available health services.
Materials and methods
We employed an experience based co-design approach using focus groups in which the experiences of patients with elevated BMI’s and clinicians informed an intervention to enhance obesity management. Two people with elevated BMI’s were core members of the research team. One PPI member (MA) with extensive facilitation expertise was to conduct the patient focus groups, as has been recommended, to enable involvement to go beyond advising to actually doing the research (http://www.invo.org.uk).
Results
The PPI input was important but it also caused a major problem as after receiving a favourable ethical opinion we waited four months before researc
Materials and methods
We employed an experience based co-design approach using focus groups in which the experiences of patients with elevated BMI’s and clinicians informed an intervention to enhance obesity management. Two people with elevated BMI’s were core members of the research team. One PPI member (MA) with extensive facilitation expertise was to conduct the patient focus groups, as has been recommended, to enable involvement to go beyond advising to actually doing the research (http://www.invo.org.uk).
Results
The PPI input was important but it also caused a major problem as after receiving a favourable ethical opinion we waited four months before researc
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Perspectives on Evaluation of PPI in Research Conference |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 16 Nov 2018 |
