Glowing feedback from South West clinical research participants
Feedback from people who took part in clinical research in the third annual Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ) conducted by the Clinical Research Network for the South West Peninsula has been published.
Patient experience of research participation is fundamental to the continued engagement of patients in clinical research to support the NHS in providing the best healthcare. To find out more about patient experience in the South West Peninsula region a patient experience questionnaire (PEQ) was undertaken and found:
- 43% of participants expected to be asked to participate in research
- 97% strongly agreed or agreed that staff who treated them were friendly and helpful
- 89% strongly agreed or agreed that they could contact staff to answer their questions
- 94% felt their participation in research was valued
- 65% learnt more about their condition
- 92% thought that research should be a normal part of healthcare
- 87% would be happy to take part in another research study
- 89% had a good experience of taking part in research
- 91% would recommend taking part in research to other people
The way in which the survey was carried out this year has increased results in some health specialty areas. As well as the positive feedback respondents have informed where the Network can pro-actively improve experience for study participants. For example sharing with participants the results or findings of the study they took part in.
