Table 2 Survey questions to categorize type of partnership
From: Research funder required research partnerships: a qualitative inquiry
Number | Knowledge-user survey | Researcher survey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Question | Answer options | Question | Answer options | |
8 | To what extent did your partnership on this study bring your expertise as a knowledge-user into the research process? | • Not at all | To what extent did your partnership bring knowledge-user expertise into the research process? | • Not at all |
• A little | • A little | |||
• Somewhat | • Somewhat | |||
• A lot | • A lot | |||
• A significant amount | • A significant amount | |||
• Too early to tell | • Too early to tell | |||
10 | How long did it take you to develop trust in your relationship with your partner? | • Weeks | How long did it take you to develop trust in your relationship with your partner? | • Weeks |
• Months | • Months | |||
• Years | • Years | |||
• Still haven’t really done that | • Still haven’t really done that | |||
Please specify how long and what it took to develop trust. | Please specify how long and what it took to develop trust. | |||
13 | Who was involved in the following aspects of this study? | • Researcher(s) alone | Who was involved in the following aspects of this study? | • Researcher(s) alone |
A. Shaping the research question(s) | • Collaboration with researchers leading | A. Shaping the research question(s) | • Collaboration with researchers leading | |
B. Deciding on the methodology | • Collaboration with knowledge-user(s) leading | B. Deciding on the methodology | • Collaboration with knowledge-user(s) leading | |
C. Data collection and tools for development | • Collaboration with both leading equally | C. Data collection and tools for development | • Collaboration with both leading equally | |
D. Interpreting the study findings and crafting messaging around them | • Knowledge-user(s) alone | D. Interpreting the study findings and crafting messaging around them | • Knowledge-user(s) alone | |
E. Moving the research results into practice | E. Moving the research results into practice | |||
F. Widespread dissemination and application | F. Widespread dissemination and application | |||
16 | To what extent do you agree with this statement? | • Strongly agree | To what extent do you agree with this statement? | • Strongly agree |
“I learned a lot from my research partner while working together on this study.” | • Agree | “I learned a lot from my knowledge-user partner while working together on this study.” | • Agree | |
• Neither agree nor disagree |  | • Neither agree nor disagree | ||
• Disagree |  | • Disagree | ||
• Strongly Disagree |  | • Strongly Disagree | ||