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Monday, April 12, 2010

Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material.



Authors’ conclusions There is little evidence from randomised controlled trials of the effects of consumer involvement in healthcare decisions at the population level. The trials included in this review demonstrate that randomised controlled trials are feasible for providing evidence about the effects of involving consumers in these decisions.
  
Comment 1:This paper is an issue for public health policy-makers not clinicians. Consumer involvement has a great risk of being tokenistic.
 Comment 2:As a community health professional, the results will serve as an evidence to involve health care consumers in the process of policy and guideline formulation.
 Comment 3:
The evidence presented that face-to-face interactions with consumers is the most effective type of involvement for developing patient educational materials is helpful for clinicians.

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