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Presentation of Future Research Needs
Methods Future Research Needs Reports, No. 9
Future Research Needs Presentation Workgroup Members: Robert L Kane, MD, Jean Marie Guise, MD, Katherine Hartman, MD, PhD, Barbara Rothenberg, PhD, Tom Trikalinos, PhD, and Timothy Wilt, MD.
Structured Abstract
Objective:
To recommend a more standardized and systematic approach to presenting and organizing future research needs in Future Research Needs (FRN) documents.
Methods:
A workgroup representing five Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) that are engaged in future research needs work reviewed prior effort on this topic and prepared a set of draft recommendations and frameworks, which were circulated to the remaining EPCs. Feedback on the working version was obtained from the EPC program at the May 2011 EPC meeting. All feedback was incorporated into the final report.
Findings:
The workgroup developed separate frameworks for methods-related FRN recommendations and topic-specific FRN recommendations. Examples of methods-related issues include design issues, actions that facilitate the aggregation of results, inclusion of multiple disciplinary perspectives, and subgroup analysis. For topic-related FRNs, the PICOTS (Patient, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, Timing, and Setting) formulation should be used for each topic. The level of detail in presenting FRN recommendations will vary with the topic. Research in some areas may have sufficiently developed to the point where the gap can be precisely defined. EPCs should exercise judgment in determining the level of detail based on their understanding of the state of the science. The FRN should be presented in tiers rather than as a numerical ranking and should include a clear rationale for prioritization, based on considerations such as societal burden, feasibility, and likelihood of effect. An analytic framework should be used, if possible, and may be adapted. Specific recommendations for research design considerations should be made judiciously and framed as suggestions. Like the description of the future research need, the detail for these research design considerations may vary with the circumstance and topic. The executive summary should include the FRNs with the rationale for prioritization, without the PICOTS or research design considerations.
Contents
Suggested citation:
Kane RL, Guise JM, Hartman K, Rothenberg B, Trikalinos T, Wilt T. Presentation of Future Research Needs. Methods Future Research Needs Report No.9. (Prepared by a workgroup representing five Evidence-based Practice Centers that are engaged in future research needs work under Contract No. 290-2007-10064-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC053-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2012. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
This report is based on research conducted by a special workgroup under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-2007-10064-I). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The information in this report is intended to help health care researchers and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical research and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances. This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for research design or funding opportunity announcements. AHRQ or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products or actions may not be stated or implied.
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