Engagement Methods

Teaming Researchers Up with Stakeholders to Test Trustworthy Engagement and Measure: TRUST TEAM

Posted on by Jodi Snare

Page last updated May 11, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov#: NCT07358559
Study Design: Other
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Virginia A. Brown
Institution: The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2024
Study Duration: 2025 - 2028
Therapeutic Area: Engagement Methods
Status: Not yet recruiting

Research Question(s): Do individuals' beliefs about the trustworthiness of a university and other research organizations (e.g., academic medical centers) correlate to how much they trust researchers they partner with on research projects?

Measuring Co-creation During the Engagement Process in Research: A Pathway Forward

Posted on by Jodi Snare

Page last updated March 12, 2026

Study Design: Other, Measurement development and validation
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Monica Perez Jolles
Institution: University of Colorado
PCORnet® Network Partner: External
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2023
Study Duration: 2023 – 2026
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, PaTH, REACHnet
Therapeutic Area: Engagement Methods
Status: Completed

Research Question(s): How can we measure the process of co-creation in a way that is pragmatic, valid, reliable, and associated with meaningful engagement outcomes?

Primary Publication(s):

Jolles MP, Willging C, Tufte J, et al. Development and validation of a pragmatic measure of cocreation in research engagement: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(12):e091966. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091966

Measurement Matters: Refining and Validating a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Engagement Measure

Posted on by Jodi Snare

Page last updated May 11, 2026

 

Study Design: Other
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Marc A. Cohen
Institution: University of Massachusetts Boston
PCORnet® Network Partner: External
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (project webpage)
Funding Date: 2023
Study Duration: 2023 – 2025
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: GPC, INSIGHT, PEDSnet, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Engagement Methods
Status: Not yet recruiting

Research Question(s):

  1. Can we develop a concise way to measure the extent to which researchers engaging older adults in research projects are doing so effectively and can we assign a score that represents a value for the quality of engagement?
  2. Having done this, can we then apply this new measure to score projects that are engaging older adults in research and see whether higher quality engagement scores are related to better short and medium term PCOR project outcomes?