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The academic impact of paediatric research agendas: a descriptive analysis

L Postma1, M L Luchtenberg2, A A E Verhagen2

  • 1University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen, 9713 GZ, The Netherlands. l.postma@umcg.nl.

Research Involvement and Engagement
|September 19, 2024
PubMed

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Researchers developed a method to assess the academic impact of child-led paediatric research agendas. This analysis of 31 agendas revealed their citation impact and the traceability of resulting studies.

Area of Science:

  • Paediatric Research
  • Health Sciences Research
  • Research Impact Assessment

Background:

  • Growing involvement of children and young people in designing paediatric research agendas.
  • Limited existing reports on the academic impact of child-informed research agendas.
  • The critical need to understand the influence of research agendas co-designed with children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for describing the academic impact of paediatric research agendas.
  • To evaluate the academic impact of research agendas co-developed with children and young people.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted frameworks like the Research Impact Framework and Payback Framework.
  • Introduced the Descriptive Academic Impact Analysis of Paediatric Research Agendas (DAIA-PRA) method.
  • Utilized five steps: agenda identification, citation analysis, impact analysis, author assessment, and traceability classification.

Main Results:

  • Analyzed 31 paediatric research agendas co-designed with children and young people.
  • These agendas received 517 citations, with 131 (25%) new studies directly based on agenda priorities.
  • Study traceability was categorized as easy (34%), medium (47%), or difficult (19%).

Conclusions:

  • Successfully developed and applied a method to assess the academic impact of paediatric research agendas.
  • Provided insights into the academic impact of 31 child-involved research agendas.
  • Recommended integrating impact-tracing mechanisms into future paediatric research agenda design.
Abstract

Keywords:
Academic impactChildren and young peopleInvolvementPaediatric research agendasPatient and public involvementPayback FrameworkResearch impact framework

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