Table 3.
For the public vote: top 10 research questions by type of voter (those in italics cells were in the top 10 for one type of voter only)
| Type of respondent for public vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service user | Health professional | Service user & health professional | |
| 1 | Which treatments (including diagnostic tests) are most effective to predict or prevent preterm birth? | Which treatments (including diagnostic tests) are most effective to predict or prevent preterm birth? | Which treatments (including diagnostic tests) are most effective to predict or prevent preterm birth? |
| 2 | What treatments can predict reliably the likelihood of subsequent infants being preterm? | What is the optimum milk feeding regimen, for preterm infants, including quantity and speed of feeding and use of donor and formula milks? | What is the optimum milk feeding regimen, for preterm infants, including quantity and speed of feeding and use of donor and formula milks? |
| 3 | How do stress, trauma and physical workload contribute to the risk of preterm birth, are there effective ways to reduce those risks and does modifying those risks alter outcome? | Which treatments are most effective to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants? | How do stress, trauma and physical workload contribute to the risk of preterm birth, are there effective ways to reduce those risks and does modifying those risks alter outcome? |
| 4 | What should be included in packages of care to support parents and families / carers when a premature baby is discharged from hospital? | Which treatments are most effective to prevent pre-eclampsia (for example, progesterone, calcium, garlic etc)?a | What should be included in packages of care to support parents and families / carers when a premature baby is discharged from hospital? |
| 5 | What is the optimum milk feeding regimen, for preterm infants, including quantity and speed of feeding and use of donor and formula milks? | Which treatments are effective in preventing spontaneous preterm birth in women with twin and triplet pregnancies, especially in those at high risk of preterm birth?a | What type of support is most effective at improving breastfeeding in NICU / SCBU / feeding clinics? |
| 6 | Which treatments are most effective to prevent pre-eclampsia (for example, progesterone, calcium, garlic etc)? | What methods are most effective to predict risk of preterm birth in order to allocate service provision?a | What treatments can predict reliably the likelihood of subsequent infants being preterm?b |
| 7 | How can infection in preterm infants be better prevented?d | Is routine transvaginal scanning during pregnancy to detect short cervical length, and treatment, cost effective?a | Is screening in the first trimester effective to help prevent preterm birth?b |
| 8 | Can screening of the placenta be effective to detect placenta abnormalities associated with preterm birth?d | Is screening in the first trimester effective to help prevent preterm birth?c | Which treatments are most effective to prevent pre-eclampsia (for example, progesterone, calcium, garlic etc)? |
| 9 | What is the best way to judge whether a baby is feeling pain (for example, by their face, behaviours or brain activities)? | Does screening and treatment for Group B Streptococcus help to prevent preterm birth and neonatal morbidity and mortality?c | Do preterm babies have better outcomes if their parents have roomed in? |
| 10 | Is screening in the first trimester effective to help prevent preterm birth? | What is the best time to clamp the umbilical cord for preterm babies? | How can infection in preterm infants be better prevented? |
a, b, c, d these questions had the same number of votes within this type of voter category