Research FAQs

I would like to conduct research about PKB where do I start?

We are delighted to support conducting research about and with us. This wiki page contains all the relevant information needed to start your research. However, if we have missed something, please do get in touch with our research team on research@patientsknowbest.com.

What type of research can I conduct?

You can conduct research about PKB as well as research using PKB. To start, take a look at our research methods page or please do get in touch with us on research@patientsknowbest.com

Where can I find information about designing a research protocol and the research design stage?

Please visit our Research Methods page. It should provide you with all the information you need. Moreover, you can find more information on the National's Institute for Health Research ( NIHR) website and in this template here.

Lastly, we have some evaluation protocols templates and some questionnaire templates that you might wish to look at.

Our team is using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) questionnaire. Where can I find more information?

If you are considering measuring PAM scores of your patients who have PKB please contact the PKB research team on research@patientsknowbest.com. PKB has pre-paid the license fee for PAM measurements to make the tool available free of charge to customers running research studies. The PKB research team can also work with your research team to provide advice on study design and roll-out protocols. Please find more information here.