Paediatric pneumonia research priorities in the context of COVID-19: A eDelphi study.
J Glob Health
; 12: 05007, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1771701
ABSTRACT
Background:
Pneumonia remains the leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. We update the research priorities for childhood pneumonia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and explore whether previous priorities have been addressed.Methods:
We conducted an eDelphi study from November 2019 to June 2021. Experts were invited to take part, targeting balance by gender, profession, and high (HIC) and low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We followed a three-stageapproach:
1. Collating questions, using a list published in 2011 and adding newly posed topics; 2. Narrowing down, through participant scoring on importance and whether they had been answered; 3. Ranking of retained topics. Topics were categorized into prevent and protect, diagnosis, treatment and cross-cutting.Results:
Overall 379 experts were identified, and 108 took part. We started with 83 topics, and 81 further general and 40 COVID-19 specific topics were proposed. In the final ranking 101 topics were retained, and the highest ranked was to "explore interventions to prevent neonatal pneumonia". Among the top 20 topics, epidemiological research and intervention evaluation was commonly prioritized, followed by the operational and implementation research. Two COVID-19 related questions were ranked within the top 20. There were clear differences in priorities between HIC and LMIC respondents, and academics vs non-academics.Conclusions:
Operational research on health system capacities, and evaluating optimized delivery of existing treatments, diagnostics and case management approaches are needed. This list should act as a catalyst for collaborative research, especially to meet the top priority in preventing neonatal pneumonia, and encourage multi-disciplinary partnerships.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
English
Journal:
J Glob Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
JOGH.12.05007
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