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Sustainable technology adoption: who and what matters in a farmer's decision?
EU milk quota removal brings a renewed focus on continued adoption of sustainable
technologies. This article explores spatial effects in their adoption using Bayesian
spatial probit models employing a representative sample of Irish dairy farms. We
consider global and local spatial effects, and overcome a missing neighbour problem
by implementing census data in our spatial weight matrix. The findings reveal that
spatial effects spill over to neighbours and better educated farmers with larger more
intensively managed farms are more likely to adopt. The article concludes with policy
recommendations that arise from our spatial analysis
Developing a Set of Core Outcomes for Trials in Haemodialysis: An International Delphi Survey
AIM: To generate a consensus-based, prioritized list of core outcomes for trials in haemodialysis.
BACKGROUND: Survival and quality of life for patients on haemodialysis remain poor despite substantial research efforts. Existing trials often report surrogate outcomes that may not be relevant to patients and clinicians. A core outcome set that reflects stakeholder priorities would improve the relevance, efficiency, and comparability of haemodialysis trials.
METHODS: In an online Delphi survey, participants rated the importance of outcomes using a 9-point Likert scale. In Round 2 and 3, participants reviewed the scores and comments of other respondents and re-rated the outcomes. For each outcome, we calculated the median, mean, and proportion rating 7-9 (“critically important”).
RESULTS: 1,181 participants (202 [17%] patients/caregivers, 979 health professionals) from 73 countries completed Round 1 and 838 (150 [18%] patients/caregivers) completed Round 3 (71% response rate). Outcomes achieving consensus as high priorities across both groups were: vascular access complications, cardiovascular disease, mortality, dialysis adequacy and fatigue. Patients/caregivers rated four outcomes higher than health professionals: ability to travel (mean difference 0.9), dialysis-free time (0.5), dialysis adequacy (0.3), and washed out after dialysis (0.2). Health professionals rated 11 outcomes higher: mortality (1.0), hospitalization (1.0), drop in blood pressure (1.0), vascular access complications (0.9), depression (0.9), cardiovascular disease (0.8), target weight (0.7), infection (0.4), potassium (0.4), ability to work (0.3), and pain (0.3).
CONCLUSIONS: The top stakeholder prioritized outcomes were vascular access problems, cardiovascular disease, mortality, dialysis adequacy and fatigue. Patients/caregivers gave higher priority to lifestyle-related outcomes than health professionals. This prioritized set of outcomes can inform the establishment of a core outcome set, to improve the value of trial evidence to support decision-making for people on haemodialysis