Patient and Public Involvement in Action: Shaping an Intergenerational Engagement Intervention in a Long-Term Care Facility in China

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Expectations Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1111/hex.70451

Hao Liu, Anne Topping, Ping Guo

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Abstract

Aim

To shape an intergenerational engagement (IE) intervention through consultation with a patient and public involvement (PPI) group.

Design

This paper describes how PPI contributed to refining an IE intervention within a long-term care facility in China.

Data Sources

A PPI group composed of key stakeholders, including older residents of the long-term care facility, young people from a local school, a parent, and care facility staff, provided evaluative feedback. They reviewed and refined various aspects of the intervention (content, scheduling and delivery of the intergenerational activities) and its evaluation (design, recruitment strategies and study materials).

Results

Key modifications included adjusting activities to accommodate diverse backgrounds and technological capabilities, space limitations and the number of participants to optimise engagement and focusing on group activities to encourage lively and inclusive interactions. The group also made recommendations relating to scheduling sessions, length of intervention and recruitment materials to facilitate greater accessibility.

Discussion

The integration of PPI made the IE intervention practical, culturally relevant and tailored to meet the diverse needs of older and younger participants, enhancing its feasibility, acceptability and overall effectiveness. The findings underscore the importance of early and continuous PPI in health and social care research to develop relevant and sustainable interventions. Future efforts should focus on policy support, funding and education to embed PPI more broadly into health and social care research in China.

Patient or Public Contribution

Feedback was sought from a patient and public involvement (PPI) group to refine and enhance the intergenerational engagement (IE) intervention, ensuring it accurately reflected the needs of participants. Notably, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first in China to utilise PPI in the co-design of an IE intervention in a long-term care setting, offering valuable insights for future research and practice in this context.

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患者和公众参与行动：形成中国长期护理机构的代际参与干预。

目的：通过与患者和公众参与（PPI）小组协商，形成代际参与（IE）干预。设计：本文描述了在中国的一家长期护理机构中，PPI是如何帮助完善IE干预的。数据来源：由主要利益相关者（包括长期护理机构的老年居民、当地学校的年轻人、家长和护理机构工作人员）组成的PPI小组提供了评估反馈。他们审查和改进了干预的各个方面（代际活动的内容、安排和实施）及其评价（设计、招聘策略和学习材料）。结果：主要的修改包括调整活动，以适应不同的背景和技术能力，空间限制和参与者的数量，以优化参与和专注于小组活动，以鼓励活泼和包容的互动。该小组还就会议安排、干预时间和招聘材料等问题提出建议，以便更容易获得。讨论：PPI的整合使IE干预具有实用性、文化相关性和针对性，以满足老年和年轻参与者的多样化需求，增强了其可行性、可接受性和整体有效性。研究结果强调了早期和持续的PPI在健康和社会保健研究中制定相关和可持续干预措施的重要性。未来的努力应集中在政策支持、资金和教育方面，以便将生产者价格指数更广泛地纳入中国的卫生和社会保健研究。患者或公众贡献：从患者和公众参与（PPI）小组寻求反馈，以改进和加强代际参与（IE）干预，确保其准确反映参与者的需求。值得注意的是，据作者所知，本研究是中国第一个在长期护理环境中利用PPI共同设计IE干预的研究，为这方面的未来研究和实践提供了有价值的见解。

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来源期刊

Health Expectations 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

251

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Health Expectations promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in health and social care, health policy and health services research including: • Person-centred care and quality improvement • Patients'' participation in decisions about disease prevention and management • Public perceptions of health services • Citizen involvement in health care policy making and priority-setting • Methods for monitoring and evaluating participation • Empowerment and consumerism • Patients'' role in safety and quality • Patient and public role in health services research • Co-production (researchers working with patients and the public) of research, health care and policy Health Expectations is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, review articles and critical commentaries. It includes papers which clarify concepts, develop theories, and critically analyse and evaluate specific policies and practices. The Journal provides an inter-disciplinary and international forum in which researchers (including PPIE researchers) from a range of backgrounds and expertise can present their work to other researchers, policy-makers, health care professionals, managers, patients and consumer advocates.