@article{f8f25b6a63944c93a1b51e048097d4bc,
title = "Primary Care Research Is Hard to Do During COVID-19: Challenges and Solutions",
abstract = "Conducting research in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic is hard, due to baseline stresses on primary care, which have been compounded by the pandemic. We acknowledge and validate primary care researchers{\textquoteright} frustrations. Using our experience on over 15 indi-vidual projects during the pandemic we identify 3 key challenges to conducting primary care research: (1) practice delivery trickle-down effects, (2) limited/changing resources and procedures for research, and (3) a generally tense milieu in US society during the pandemic. We present strategies, informed by a set of questions, to help researchers decide how to address these challenges observed during our studies. In order to overcome and grow from these challenging times we encourage normalization and self-compassion, and encourage researchers and funders to embrace pragmatic and adaptive research designs as the circumstances with COVID-19 evolve over time.",
keywords = "COVID-19, primary health care, research personnel",
author = "Holtrop, {Jodi Summers} and Davis, {Melinda M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding support: M.D. was partially supported on this work through research grants from AHRQ (1R18HS027080) and NCI (UH3CA244298). J.S.H. was partially supported on this work through research grants from NIDDK (R18DK127003) and NCI (P50CA244688). Funding Information: Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the participants who attended the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)–hosted workshop titled “Primary Care Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From AHRQ{\textquoteright}s EvidenceNow Unhealthy Alcohol Use Grantees” at the 2021 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual meeting and to the project leads funded by the AHRQ EvidenceNOW: Unhealthy Alcohol Use initiative. These discussions helped us realize that we were not alone in grappling with research challenges during COVID-19, and the need for a commentary regarding solutions. Thank you to Elizabeth Staton, Allison Sands, and Carlee Kreisel for editing and formatting assistance and to Sarah Brewer, Daniel Matlock, Russell Glasgow, Perry Dickinson, Nancy Elder, Zsolt Nagykaldi, and Erika Cottrell for their review. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, Annals of Family Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved.",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1370/afm.2889",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
pages = "568--572",
journal = "Annals of Family Medicine",
issn = "1544-1709",
publisher = "Annals of Family Medicine, Inc",
number = "6",
}