Patient and public involvement
LUTS
Patient and public involvement (PPI) representatives have been involved at all stages from a patient co-applicant at the grant application stage to help shape the project to patient representative members of our trial management group and trial steering committee who helped steer the trial. Wider patient advisory group meetings were also held over the course of the study. Development of the TRIUMPH intervention booklet was one of the key roles for PPI, resulting in important changes to aid clarity and usability and recommendations on what patients would consider a manageable level of advice to follow. PPI review of our patient-facing study materials was also undertaken, including patient questionnaires to assess clarity and participant burden, newsletters, and the study website. Further PPI involvement has included discussion of some of our initial qualitative findings related to men’s experiences of the patient pathways for LUTS within the NHS, as well as routes for implementation and dissemination, and patients will continue to be involved.