{"id":3230,"date":"2022-02-10T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?page_id=3230"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:26:39","slug":"james-lind-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/james-lind-alliance","title":{"rendered":"The James Lind Alliance and Fibromyalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_tabletWide et_flex_column_24_24_widescreen et_flex_column_24_24_ultraWide preset--module--divi-column--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p id=\"E127\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Research objectives should be focused toward advancing knowledge that has meaningful impact on health. However, research agendas are mostly driven by the health care community, with limited input from patients.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p id=\"E132\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The&nbsp;<a is=\"qowt-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jla.nihr.ac.uk\/about-the-james-lind-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Lind Alliance (JLA)<\/a>&nbsp;is a non-profit making initiative which brings patients, caregivers and clinicians together in Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs) to first identify and then prioritize unanswered questions about an illness and \/ or the effects of treatments that this group of people agrees are the most important. This information helps ensure that those who are funding health research are aware of what matters to patients, their caregivers and clinicians since they are the end users of any funded research.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p id=\"E138\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In 2014, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)\u2019s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health (IMHA) and the James Lind Alliance (JLA) set up of PSP to identify the unanswered questions about the management of adult fibromyalgia from patient \/ caregiver and clinician\u2019s perspective and then prioritize into the top ten that patient\/ caregivers and clinicians agreed were the most important. This PSP was completed in 2016. To see the top 10 Priorities go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jla.nihr.ac.uk\/priority-setting-partnerships\/fibromyalgia-canada#tab-27101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.jla.nihr.ac.uk\/priority-setting-partnerships\/fibromyalgia-canada\/top-10-priorities.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p id=\"E148\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The Fibromyalgia Association Canada has reviewed each of the fibromyalgia top 10 Priorities and wondered how many of these have actually been researched. We will be posting one priority&nbsp; and the recent research the FAC Research Committee has found for that priority in each <em>Just the FAC's<\/em> newsletter. To receive the newsletter by email you must be a member of FAC. If you have not joined FAC yet go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/members\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:block {\"ref\":1823} \/--><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:columns {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"33.33%\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":13216,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/James-Lind-Alliance.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/James-Lind-Alliance.png 235w, https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/James-Lind-Alliance-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/James-Lind-Alliance-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:column --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"66.66%\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><!-- wp:latest-posts {\"categories\":[{\"id\":164,\"count\":4,\"description\":\"\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/category\/research\/james-lind-alliance-research\/\",\"name\":\"James Lind Alliance\",\"slug\":\"james-lind-alliance-research\",\"taxonomy\":\"category\",\"parent\":163,\"meta\":[],\"_links\":{\"self\":[{\"href\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/164\"}],\"collection\":[{\"href\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\"}],\"about\":[{\"href\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category\"}],\"up\":[{\"embeddable\":true,\"href\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/163\"}],\"wp:post_type\":[{\"href\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=164\"}],\"curies\":[{\"name\":\"wp\",\"href\":\"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}\",\"templated\":true}]}}],\"order\":\"asc\"} \/--><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:columns --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:query {\"queryId\":0,\"query\":{\"perPage\":3,\"pages\":0,\"offset\":0,\"postType\":\"post\",\"order\":\"asc\",\"orderBy\":\"date\",\"author\":\"\",\"search\":\"\",\"exclude\":[],\"sticky\":\"\",\"inherit\":false,\"taxQuery\":{\"category\":[164]}},\"namespace\":\"core\/posts-list\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-query\"><!-- wp:block {\"ref\":1823} \/--><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:query --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le partenariat de d\u00e9finition des priorit\u00e9s de la James Lind Alliance pour la fibromyalgie a r\u00e9uni des patients, des soignants et des cliniciens afin d'identifier les principales priorit\u00e9s de recherche pour la communaut\u00e9 fibromyalgique. Cette collaboration garantit que les recherches futures sur la fibromyalgie refl\u00e8tent les besoins et les pr\u00e9occupations r\u00e9els des personnes les plus touch\u00e9es.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-research-priorities","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fibrocanada.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}