Top ten research priorities in global burns care: findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership
Hollie Richards, Robert Staruch, Suzannah Kinsella, Jelena Savović, Riaz Qureshı, Daisy Elliott, Leila Rooshenas, Anni King, Amy Acton, Jonathan Bayuo, Simon Booth, Shobha Chamania, Le Quoc Chieu, Charlotte Coates, Declan Collins, Lise Deguire, Baljit Dheansa, Roy Dudley-Southern, Ian Easton, Dale W. Edgar, Janine Evans, Sian Falder, Emilio B. González, A. T. Holley, Catrina Holley, Ivette L. Icaza, C. Jowett, Jane Leaver, Alice Lee, Niall Martin, Jill Meirte, Nguyen Nh Lam, Catrin Pugh, Mamta Shah, Krissie Stiles, Marielle Vehmeijer, Tanveer Ahmed, Nikki Allorto, Murat Ali Çınar, Lewis Allen Dingle, Orlando Flores, Vincent Gabriel, Dhruv Ghosh, Jotham Gondwe, Teruichi Harada, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Vikash Ranjan Keshri, Goaxing Luo, Andrea Mc Kittrick, Natalie Meyers, Pinki Pargal, Carisa Parrish, Marie-Claude Pelchat, Mohsen Rezaeian, Edrisa Sanyang, Atul Suroy, Khaled Taïbi, Leila Aït Abderrahim, Luiz Philipe Molina Vana, Katie Wang, Nukhba Zia, Jane Blazeby, Amber Young
Abstract
Burns are a global issue that can result in lifelong multimorbidities and disproportionately affect people in low-resource settings. Prioritising research of importance to patients and health-care professionals improves evidence-based care. This prioritisation setting partnership was undertaken in global burn care (focusing on thermal non-electrical burns) by establishing a James Lind Alliance research priority setting partnership. Over 2 years, two online multilingual surveys with patients, carers, and clinicians, 16 interviews, and a virtual priority setting workshop were conducted to identify and prioritise questions for research. Survey responses were received from participants in 88 countries (1617 survey one respondents; 630 survey two respondents). A short-list of 19 research priorities were ranked at an online workshop attended by 28 participants (14 health-care professionals, ten burn survivors, and four carers or advocates) from 15 countries to produce the final top ten research priorities. These priorities provide opportunities for researchers, funders, and clinicians to shape the future of burns research and improve burns care globally.