Involving adult inpatients, family, partners and/or carers in measuring and monitoring patient safety in acute care hospitals: Protocol for an umbrella review
Róisín O'Malley, Caoimhe Madden, Paul O'Connor, Warren Reilly, Elaine Toomey, Tom Reader, John Fitzsimons, Ronan Mahon, Sinéad Lydon, Leila Keshtkar, Ramkrishna Mondal, Ramkrishna Mondal, Róisín O'Malley, Leila Keshtkar, Róisín O'Malley · 2026
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Róisín O'Malley and colleagues set out a protocol for an umbrella review of ways to involve hospital patients and their families in measuring and monitoring safety. Their 2026 protocol follows Joanna Briggs guidance for reviews of reviews, searching five databases for existing systematic reviews on the topic. Policy worldwide pushes patient voice, yet the full menu of approaches remains unmapped.
For each approach found, from surveys to incident reporting by patients, the team will extract evidence on feasibility, fit to context, and measurement quality. Barriers and facilitators of real-world use will be catalogued alongside. Review quality gets a CASP appraisal, and certainty will be judged with a hybrid grading approach mixing quantitative and qualitative schemes. The authors expect a practical profile of best options, reflecting the shift of patients from passive recipients to active partners in safe care.
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| CREATOR | Róisín O'Malley, Caoimhe Madden, Paul O'Connor, Warren Reilly, Elaine Toomey, Tom Reader, John Fitzsimons, Ronan Mahon, Sinéad Lydon, Leila Keshtkar, Ramkrishna Mondal, Ramkrishna Mondal, Róisín O'Malley, Leila Keshtkar, Róisín O'Malley |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |