Notices, inviting interested individuals to contact the local study coordinator, were posted in clinics, waiting rooms, seniors' centers and arthritis consumer groups' newsletters as applicable to each stakeholder group.
Four general, overarching recommendations applicable to all or most stakeholder groups were formulated, addressing (1) awareness raising, (2) implementation of targeted recommendations, (3) trial registration and results posting, and (4) systematic approaches to evidence synthesis.
Concerns identified in this study, such as importance of applied research, policy implications and collaboration among stakeholders, are applicable to a wider range of contexts beyond Turkey.
One method is the Sci_Quest method [ 36] that investigates the relationships between a research institute and its relevant context such as society, policy, and industry (stakeholders), which is applicable to all research domains.
Our findings highlight the importance to adapt guidelines to be applicable to the LTC environment, and to develop partnerships with stakeholders to facilitate their use in clinical practice.
Our findings are applicable to other network-oriented partnerships where a diversity of stakeholders work to address complex, multi-faceted public health problems.
Holdren told ScienceInsider earlier this week that part of the reason for the delay in issuing the memo was the difficulty of getting agreement from all the stakeholders and crafting guidance that would be applicable to all.
We were conscious of the need to engage with local stakeholders and to generate research products that were meaningful and applicable to these actors; suggesting the importance of employing familiar concepts and terminology.
