Challenges of developing, conducting, analysing and reporting a COVID-19 study as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds: an online co-autoethnographic study.
BMJ Open
; 11(6): e048788, 2021 06 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1276964
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To capture the complexities and unique experience of a newly formed multidisciplinary and multicentre research team developing and deploying a COVID-19 study and to identify lessons learnt.DESIGN:
Co-autoethnographic study.SETTING:
Staff at two UK academic institutions, a national charity and two major UK hospitals.PARTICIPANTS:
Researchers, clinicians, academics, statisticians and analysts, patient and public involvement representatives and national charity.METHODS:
The sampling frame was any content discussed or shared between research team members (emails, meeting minutes, etc), standard observational dimensions and reflective interviews with team members. Data were thematically analysed.RESULTS:
Data from 34 meetings and >50 emails between 17 March and 5 August 2020 were analysed. The analysis yielded seven themes with 'Managing our stress' as an overarching theme.CONCLUSIONS:
Mutual respect, flexibility and genuine belief that team members are doing the best they can under the circumstances are essential for completing a time-consuming study, requiring a rapid response during a pandemic. Acknowledging and managing stress and a shared purpose can moderate many barriers, such as the lack of face-to-face interactions, leading to effective team working.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMJ Open
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bmjopen-2021-048788
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