Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To (1) establish a women’s knee health Consumer Advisory Group (CAG) via an evidence-informed process and (2) identify the CAG’s research priorities to inform future projects. DESIGN: Mixed-methods priority-setting study METHODS: The CAG was established, grounded in a participatory action research approach and using the Patient Engagement in Research Framework, to inform a 4-phase process: (1) understand; (2) plan; (3) undertake; and (4) evaluate. We identified the CAG’s priorities for knee health research via a mixed-methods approach using the nominal group technique (NGT). We adopted a constructivist epistemology, using reflexive thematic analysis to construct codes and themes inductively. RESULTS: Six women (mean age 35 years) joined the CAG, generating, reviewing, and discussing 70 ideas during NGT phases 1-3. We constructed 14 codes, grouped into 3 key themes: (1) Best practice management and support for serious knee injury and rehabilitation; (2) Social and gendered factors; and (3) Physical, psychological, and personal factors. Voting and ranking (NGT phases 3-6) revealed the CAG’s highest priority for future research was: “Knowledge of, and access to specialised knee rehabilitation and practitioners”. CONCLUSION: Establishing a CAG was an achievable and novel approach to identifying consumer priorities to enhance women’s knee health outcomes. Women wanted improved access to information and best-practice care via genuine therapeutic relationships with practitioners who understand the gendered-social rehabilitation environment.
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