Gathering uncertainties
Methods used (eg, survey, focus groups, interviews)
A survey was used to gather the uncertainties in breast reconstruction.
Number | % | |
Total respondents (across all methods) | 713 | 100 |
Total patients and carers | 521 | 73% |
Total health and care professionals | 151 | 21% |
Total number of original uncertainties submitted | 3168 | 100 |
Original uncertainties in scope | 2931 | 92.5 |
Original uncertainties out of scope | 237 | 7.5 |
Interim prioritisation
Methods used (eg, survey, focus groups, interviews):
A survey was distributed asking participants to select and rank their top 10 research priorities from the list of 48 questions.
Number | % | |
Total number of indicative questions (answered & unanswered) | 86 | 100 |
Number of verified answered questions | 0 | 0 |
Number of verified unanswered questions | 86 | 100 |
Number of verified unanswered questions included in the interim prioritisation | 46 | 53.4 |
Total respondents (across all methods) | 488 | 100 |
Total patients and carers | 422 | 86.5 |
Total health and care professionals | 66 | 13.5 |
Number of questions taken to final workshop | 25 |
Final priority setting workshop
Number | % | |
Total participants | 24 | 100 |
Total patients and carers | 13 | 54 |
Total health and care professionals | 11 | 46 |
Notes
*46 of the 86 questions were considered unanswered research questions. There were 48 questions included in the interim survey because: some questions were combined, some were divided into separate questions, some were not researchable and hence removed by the steering group.