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Identifying Information Needs for Hirschsprung Disease Through Caregiver Involvement via Social Media: A Prioritization Study and Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient and public involvement in health research is important to produce relevant and impactful results.

Objective

This paper aimed to prioritize and summarize Hirschsprung disease (HD)-related information needs among caregivers of children with HD and pediatric surgeons through partnership with a parent-initiated social media campaign.

Methods

We conducted a Web-based survey with the 2 stakeholder groups to identify information needs. The caregiver survey was conducted through a global Web-based community, and the surgeon survey was distributed to members of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (CAPS). We conducted a literature review to identify evidence on the prioritized topics.

Results

Our findings showed that 54.9% (89/162) of the individuals completed the caregiver survey and 23.8% (52/218 listed members) of the pediatric surgeons completed the survey distributed through CAPS. Only 20% (18/89) of the caregivers reported being very satisfied or satisfied with the current HD-related resources. A final prioritized list of information needs included bowel management, nutrition and growth, infection, perianal irritation, gastrointestinal pain, surgical diagnostics, and surgical complications. In total, 87 studies were included in the literature review, which included the following: 8 reviews, 2 randomized controlled trials, 74 cohort studies, and 3 practice guidelines. Two priority issues identified by caregivers had only a single study that met the inclusion criteria, whereas 1 topic had none.

Conclusions

With caregiver and surgeon input, we identified 7 information priority areas related to HD. A review of the literature on the priorities found little evidence to support the development of high-quality guidelines. More research is necessary to meet the information needs related to HD as identified by stakeholders.

SUBMITTER: Wittmeier KD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6320415 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identifying Information Needs for Hirschsprung Disease Through Caregiver Involvement via Social Media: A Prioritization Study and Literature Review.

Wittmeier Kristy Dm KD Hobbs-Murison Kendall K Holland Cindy C Crawford Elizabeth E Loewen Hal H Morris Melanie M Lum Min Suyin S Abou-Setta Ahmed A Keijzer Richard R

Journal of medical Internet research 20181221 12

<h4>Background</h4>Patient and public involvement in health research is important to produce relevant and impactful results.<h4>Objective</h4>This paper aimed to prioritize and summarize Hirschsprung disease (HD)-related information needs among caregivers of children with HD and pediatric surgeons through partnership with a parent-initiated social media campaign.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a Web-based survey with the 2 stakeholder groups to identify information needs. The caregiver survey was c ...[more]

PMID: 30578208

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Identifying Information Needs for Hirschsprung Disease Through Caregiver Involvement via Social Media: A Prioritization Study and Literature Review.

Background

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Identifying Information Needs for Hirschsprung Disease Through Caregiver Involvement via Social Media: A Prioritization Study and Literature Review.

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