Rationales for prioritisation we observed in the discussions included the number of children likely to benefit and the intensity of the impact of the symptom, broader consequences for families, likelihood of research informing clinical, policy or family decisions.
It is not known, however, whether Adjuvant! printouts achieve their intended purpose of informing breast cancer patients about the likelihood of 10-year recurrence and mortality outcomes.
The likelihood of Turkish physicians informing patients increased with an increase in the patient's socio-economic status and educational level [ 37], and also depended on the type of illness and on relatives' preferences [ 22, 54].
Logistic regression and the ENTER method were employed to assess the predictive capacity of the variables age, level of care, professional group, safety culture and sex for, first, the likelihood patients being informed of an AE, and second, the intensity attributed to the emotional problems of second victims.
The findings confirm the utility of policy analysis theories and stakeholder mapping tools for predicting the likelihood of policy change and informing the strategic approaches for achieving such change.
Research teams also benefitted from linking with African decision-makers to make the research collaborative and responsive, enhancing the likelihood of research uptake to inform current and future policies.
The findings from this study suggest that policy analysis theories and stakeholder mapping tools can be applied to predict the likelihood of policy change and inform the strategic approaches for achieving such change.
The nature of methodology (rigorous or not) informed the likelihood of evidence.
Higher level of education was perceived to increase the likelihood of a patient being well informed.
Historical integrity of the evidence and an established researcher (or institution) can foster confidence in the use of research and increase the likelihood of it being used to inform policy.
