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'be an ambassador for change that you would like to see':A call to action to all stakeholders for co-creation in healthcare and medical research to improve quality of life of people with a neuromuscular disease
- Source :
- Ambrosini, A, Quinlivan, R, Sansone, V A, Meijer, I, Schrijvers, G, Tibben, A, Padberg, G, De Wit, M, Sterrenburg, E, Mejat, A, Breukel, A, Rataj, M, Lochmüller, H, Willmann, R & 235th ENMC workshop study group 2019, ' "be an ambassador for change that you would like to see" : A call to action to all stakeholders for co-creation in healthcare and medical research to improve quality of life of people with a neuromuscular disease ', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, vol. 14, no. 1, 126 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-019-1103-8, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 14, e126, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019), Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 14(1):126. BioMed Central
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Patient and public involvement for co-creation is increasingly recognized as a valuable strategy to develop healthcare research targeting patients' real needs. However, its practical implementation is not as advanced and unanimously accepted as it could be, due to cultural differences and complexities of managing healthcare programs and clinical studies, especially in the rare disease field. MAIN BODY: The European Neuromuscular Centre, a European foundation of patient organizations, involved its key stakeholders in a special workshop to investigate the position of the neuromuscular patient community with respect to healthcare and medical research to identify and address gaps and bottlenecks. The workshop took place in Milan (Italy) on January 19-20, 2018, involving 45 participants who were mainly representatives of the patient community, but also included experts from clinical centers, industry and regulatory bodies. In order to provide practical examples and constructive suggestions, specific topics were identified upfront. The first set of issues concerned the quality of life at specific phases of a patient's life, such as at the time of diagnosis or during pediatric to adult transition, and patient involvement in medical research on activities in daily living including patient reported outcome measures. The second set of issues concerned the involvement of patients in the management of clinical research tools, such as registries and biobanks, and their participation in study design or marketing authorization processes. Introductory presentations were followed by parallel working group sessions, to gain constructive contributions from all participants. The concept of shared decision making was used to ensure, in discussions, a partnership-based identification of the wishes and needs of all stakeholders involved, and the "ladder of participation" tool served as a model to evaluate the actual and the desired level of patients' involvement in all topics addressed. A general consensus on the outcome of the meeting was collected during the final plenary session. This paper reports the outcome of the workshop and the specific suggestions derived from the analysis of the first set of topics, related to quality of life. The outcomes of the second set of topics are reported elsewhere and are only briefly summarized herein for the sake of completeness. CONCLUSIONS: The neuromuscular community proved to be very active and engaged at different levels in the healthcare initiatives of interest. The workshop participants critically discussed several topics, providing practical examples where different stakeholders could play a role in making a change and bridging gaps. Overall, they indicated the need for education of all stakeholders for better communication, where everyone should become an ambassador to promote real change. Support should also come from institutions and healthcare bodies both at structural and economic level. ispartof: ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES vol:14 issue:1 ispartof: location:England status: published
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
PATIENT PARTICIPATION
INVOLVEMENT
Biomedical Research
Decision Making
Medizin
Patient engagement
lcsh:Medicine
030105 genetics & heredity
Research & Experimental Medicine
Marketing authorization
DIAGNOSIS
DUCHENNE MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cultural diversity
Health care
Co-creation
MANAGEMENT
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Patient involvement
Genetics (clinical)
Genetics & Heredity
Medical education
Science & Technology
business.industry
RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT
Research
lcsh:R
Healthcare
General Medicine
Biobank
Call to action
MODEL
Neuromuscular diseases
Medicine, Research & Experimental
General partnership
Quality of Life
Patient-reported outcome
Psychology
business
SHARED DECISION-MAKING
RARE DISEASES
FOLLOW-UP
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17501172
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ambrosini, A, Quinlivan, R, Sansone, V A, Meijer, I, Schrijvers, G, Tibben, A, Padberg, G, De Wit, M, Sterrenburg, E, Mejat, A, Breukel, A, Rataj, M, Lochmüller, H, Willmann, R & 235th ENMC workshop study group 2019, ' "be an ambassador for change that you would like to see" : A call to action to all stakeholders for co-creation in healthcare and medical research to improve quality of life of people with a neuromuscular disease ', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, vol. 14, no. 1, 126 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-019-1103-8, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 14, e126, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019), Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 14(1):126. BioMed Central
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....afe7ea9d22ab755d69e4bee38034b7bc