Table 4.
Reported benefits of involvement
| Benefit | Reported |
|---|---|
| On research agenda | |
| Initiating the research topic | R |
| Identifying different research questions | R |
| Influencing funding decisions | NR |
| On research design | |
| Amending the focus of this research | R |
| Shaping the question (s) for this research | R |
| Designing data collection/generation approach | R |
| Designing approach to data analysis | R |
| Increased trustworthiness | R |
| Quality of the data | R |
| On research process | |
| Supporting recruitment | R |
| Collecting/Generating data | R |
| Analysing data | R |
| Writing up | NR |
| Dissemination | NR |
| On participatory researchers | |
| Knowledge of research | R |
| Confidence to contribute | R |
| Skills | R |
| Empowerment | R |
| On academic/community based researchers | |
| Affected perceptions | R |
| Affected engagement with communities of practice | R |
| Affected understandings of topic area | R |
Adapted from Cook et al.34