The CRG provided advice on the research questions, study design, participant recruitment, interpretation and reporting of results, and met six times during the course of the study.
AL, VG, JBG and GM provided clinical and scientific expertise on bronchiolitis's disease along the project, in particular for definition of objectives, patient inclusion and non-inclusion criteria validation, patient recruitment, interpretation of results, choice of concepts to be measured, and finalisation of the questionnaire, and critically reviewed the manuscript.
AL, VG, JBG and GM provided clinical and scientific expertise on the bronchiolitis disease along the project, in particular for definition of objectives, patient inclusion and non-inclusion criteria validation, patient recruitment, interpretation of results, choice of concepts to be measured, and finalization of the questionnaire, and critically reviewed the manuscript.
AL: Provided clinical and scientific expertise on EPO along the project, in particular for definition of objectives, patient inclusion and non-inclusion criteria validation, patient recruitment, interpretation of results, and choice of concepts to be measured; reviewed critically the manuscript; approved the final version of the manuscript.
The UK Department of Health (2006) Best Research for Best Health guidelines 3 state that PPI must be included in all stages of the research process including priority setting, defining research outcomes, selecting research methodology, patient recruitment, interpretation of findings and dissemination of results.
WH and BH-D participated in patient recruitment and interpretation of data.
MG assisted in study design, subject recruitment, data interpretation, and helped to draft the manuscript.
LAM, SB, and GWS participated in patient recruitment, data interpretation, and editing of the manuscript.
MM contributed to the study conception, design, coordination, patient recruitment, data interpretation and preparation of the final manuscript.
Patient and carer perspectives and priorities enhanced the study design, recruitment, data interpretation and development of the resources [ 30, 31].
Trials 21 and 102 expanded on their plans by involving PPI contributors in a broader range of activities than initially indicated, namely advising on recruitment and interpretation and dissemination of study findings.
