Patient and public involvement (PPI) in UK surgical trials: a survey and focus groups with stakeholders to identify practices, views, and experiences

Table 6 Patient and public involvement (PPI) contributor roles within surgical trials (n = 71)

	Number of trials (%)
Co-applicant(s) on grant	25 (35.2%)
• 1 co-applicant	23 (32.4%)
• 2 co-applicants	2 (2.8%)
Formal member(s) of Trial Management Group or equivalent study team	25 (35.2%)
• 1 member	15 (21.1%)
• 2 members	8 (11.3%)
• 3 members	2 (2.8%)
Member(s) of Trial Steering Committee	51 (71.8%)^a
• 1 member	31 (43.7%)
• 2 members	16 (22.5%)
• 3 or more members	2 (2.8%)
Consultee(s)	45 (63.4%)^b
• 1–5 consultees	11 (15.5%)
• 6–10 consultees	10 (14.1%)
• 11–20 consultees	9 (12.7%)
• More than 20 consultees	5 (7.0%)

^aTwo trials did not have a Trial Steering Committee at the time of survey completion
^bIncludes focus group or group discussion (n = 25), interviews (n = 21), email consultation (n = 11), survey (n = 6), online group discussion or forum (n = 1), and other informal methods (n = 7). In the case of 10 trials, all or part of this consultation was a formal research project (requiring ethics approval and informed consent from participants)

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