Introduction to the special section 'Reducing research waste in (health-related) quality of life research'

Autor: Claudia Rutherford, Jan R. Böhnke
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Quality of Life Research. 31:2881-2887
ISSN: 1573-2649
0962-9343
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-022-03194-z
Popis: Research waste relating to the production and reporting of health and medical research is a major problem. Each year, resources are wasted on research that asks the wrong questions, uses inappropriate designs, includes unrepresentative or small samples, uses incorrect methods of analysis, and is inappropriately reported, disseminated, or translated into decision-making. These issues are pertinent to (health-related) quality of life ((HR)QL)/patient-reported outcome (PRO) research. In an attempt to reduce waste and maximise efficiency, the Lancet’s REWARD (REduce research Waste And Reward Diligence) Campaign invited everyone involved in research to critically examine how they work to reduce waste and maximise efficiency, and to strive to improve the value of the funds invested in the research we commission, deliver, publish, and implement. However, despite nearly a decade since the Lancet series, research waste is still a major problem. In 2021, the Editors of Quality of Life Research journal issued a call for papers on reducing (HR)QL/PRO research waste and optimizing (HR)QL/PRO data. Papers in the special section discuss the many contributors to research waste and the editors, in their editorial, highlight the ongoing issues that as researchers we should all be mindful of, and potential ways in which we could all do our bit to reduce research waste in the (HR)QL/PRO field.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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