Prioritizing incontinence research: patients, carers and clinicians working together

Author(s): B. Buckley, A. M. Grant, L. Firkins, A. C. Greene & J. Frankau - Pages: 45–50

Abstract

There is a mismatch in many areas between the questions that are being addressed by clinical and health services research, and those that practising clinicians and healthcare consumers need answered. The James Lind Alliance Working Partnership on Urinary Incontinence started its work in 2007. Its aim is to help patients, carers and clinicians work together to identify and prioritize questions about urinary incontinence that are of practical, everyday importance, but that cannot be answered by referring to existing research evidence. The recommendations of the Working Partnership will be reported to the National Health Service Health Technology Assessment programme and the Medical Research Council, and then published. This is a valuable and innovative opportunity for providers and consumers of continence care to work together to influence the research agenda.

Keywords: carers, clinicians, patients, urinary incontinence.