Global user defined P&O research priorities

大多数P&O用户生活和工作在低收入/中等收入环境中。这些环境对提供服务和设备的人提出的挑战以及用户体验的需求非常不同。需要开展研究来解决这些挑战，但可能的研究优先事项很多，如果研究重点不突出（例如，在不反映用户需求的利基领域）、信息不充分（例如，与当地职业相关的需求）或时机不佳（即，在提供可持续服务之前研究假肢装置），研究的影响可能会受到限制。有必要在低资源环境中对P&O部门用户主导的研究优先事项进行正式评估。

The majority of P&O users live and work in low/middle income contexts. These settings are very varied in the challenges they pose for those delivering services and devices and the needs that users experience. Research is required to solve these challenges, but there are so many possible research priorities that the impact of the research may be limited if research is poorly focussed (e.g. in niche area not reflective of user needs), poorly informed (e.g. by needs associated with local occupations) or poorly timed (i.e. researching prosthetic devices before there are sustainable services to deliver them). There is need for formal evaluation of user led research priorities for the P&O sector in low resource settings.