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The answer is 17 years, what is the question: understanding time lags in translational research

This study aimed to review the literature describing and quantifying time lags in the health research translation process. Papers were included in the review if they quantified time lags in the development of health interventions. The study identified 23 papers. Few were comparable as different stud...

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Autores principales: Morris, Zoë Slote, Wooding, Steven, Grant, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal Society of Medicine Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3241518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22179294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.2011.110180
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description This study aimed to review the literature describing and quantifying time lags in the health research translation process. Papers were included in the review if they quantified time lags in the development of health interventions. The study identified 23 papers. Few were comparable as different studies use different measures, of different things, at different time points. We concluded that the current state of knowledge of time lags is of limited use to those responsible for R&D and knowledge transfer who face difficulties in knowing what they should or can do to reduce time lags. This effectively ‘blindfolds’ investment decisions and risks wasting effort. The study concludes that understanding lags first requires agreeing models, definitions and measures, which can be applied in practice. A second task would be to develop a process by which to gather these data.
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spelling pubmed-32415182014-12-01 The answer is 17 years, what is the question: understanding time lags in translational research Morris, Zoë Slote Wooding, Steven Grant, Jonathan J R Soc Med Reviews This study aimed to review the literature describing and quantifying time lags in the health research translation process. Papers were included in the review if they quantified time lags in the development of health interventions. The study identified 23 papers. Few were comparable as different studies use different measures, of different things, at different time points. We concluded that the current state of knowledge of time lags is of limited use to those responsible for R&D and knowledge transfer who face difficulties in knowing what they should or can do to reduce time lags. This effectively ‘blindfolds’ investment decisions and risks wasting effort. The study concludes that understanding lags first requires agreeing models, definitions and measures, which can be applied in practice. A second task would be to develop a process by which to gather these data. Royal Society of Medicine Press 2011-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3241518/ /pubmed/22179294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.2011.110180 Text en © 2011 The Royal Society of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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