Abstract
Respiratory diseases remain a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality and primary care plays a central role in their prevention, diagnosis and management. An e-Delphi process was employed to identify and prioritise the current respiratory research needs of primary care health professionals worldwide. 112 community-based physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionalsfrom 27 high, middle and low-income countries suggested 608 initial research questions, reduced after evidence review by 27 academic experts to 176 questions covering diagnosis, management, monitoring, selfmanagement and prognosis of asthma, COPD and other respiratory conditions (including infections, lung cancer, tobacco control, sleep apnoea). 49 questions reached 80% consensus for importance. Cross-cutting themes identified were: a need for more effective training of primary care clinicians; evidence and guidelines specifically relevant to primary care, adaption for local and low resource
settings; empowerment of patients to improve self-management; and the role of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
settings; empowerment of patients to improve self-management; and the role of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 6 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 28 Jan 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jan 2022 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThe IPCRG are very grateful for all the healthcare professionals across the world who took part in this e-Delphi survey, to LC for facilitating survey recruitment and to Neil Fitch for administrative assistance for the final report.
IPCRG commissioned this work which was donated by all authors. IPCRG provided travel and administrative support and a free conference place to the lead researcher and incentivised responses by funding a prize draw for a free conference place for a forthcoming IPCRG conference.
Keywords
- e-Delphi
- primary care
- research care
- research priorities
- respiratory disease
- asthma
- COPD
- tobacco