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The study aims to evaluate the methodology and participant satisfaction of Community Advisory Boards in health product research and development.

March 22, 2026Open Access

Evaluation of the methodology of independent Community Advisory Boards in health products research and development: a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey study

Key Points

The study aims to evaluate the methodology and participant satisfaction of Community Advisory Boards in health product research and development.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey from 2022 to 2023 across 15 CAB meetings.
Participants completed a seven-minute online survey with closed-ended and open-ended questions.
Responses were analyzed using AI-assisted software to categorize feedback by relevance and frequency.
86.0% of CAB members and 93.2% of company representatives found meetings useful.
77.4% of CAB members and 93.2% of company representatives were satisfied with the topics addressed.
CAB members showed less confidence about influencing company decisions compared to company representatives.

Abstract

EUPATI Spain and EURORDIS have implemented a patient engagement model in health product research and development (R and the main issue to improve was “Meeting Organization and Structure”. Overall, the results were favorable. Although the closed-ended questions showed less confidence among CAB members on the future influence of the meetings, the comments from the open-ended questions reflected higher levels of agreement and collaboration and supported our CAB model’s potential. Some issues, mainly related to meeting organization and the hybrid format, need improvement. Future studies are required to assess the actual impact of CAB meetings on companies’ actions.

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Camp et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bf8692f665edcd009e8e43 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-026-00866-9

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