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Table 1 Data extraction and quality assessment of included Research Priority Sets

From: Are we asking the right questions? Working with the LGBTQ+ community to prioritise healthcare research themes

Paper in date order

Population / focus of research

Methods used

Participants in the process?

Priorities and/or research questions

Stated a strategy, action plans for priorities?

Prioritisation focus included research methodology action or innovation

Perales, Reeves et al. 2020

Australia

Family lives – of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People

Literature review

Co-authors only

10

No

Yes

McDaid, Flowers et al. 2020

Canada/UK

Gay, bisexual and other MSM/Sexual health literacy.

Consensus building workshop and secondary analysis of two focus group studies

Researchers, service providers, policy makers & knowledge users (38) in HIV prevention, sexual health and health literacy.

15

No

Yes

Follmer, Sabat et al. 2020

USA

Disclosure of stigmatising identities in the workplace

Literature review

Articles written in English

Co-authors only

4

No

Yes

Clark, Capriotti et al. 2020

USA

Mental health professionals / supporting sexual and gender minority health

Web survey

Mental health professionals (163)

7

No

Yes

LGBT Health 2020

USA

Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

None stated

Journal editors

13

Yes

No

LGBT Health 2020

USA

Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research

None Stated

Journal editors

14

Yes

No

Westwood 2019

UK

Older LGBT people

Scoping study / literature review and workshop

Co-authors only

5

No

Yes

Westwood 2019

UK

Older LGBT people/abuse

Interviews for commentary and research agenda development

Women (36), Men (24) agedbetween 52–92. Narratives from 17 participants who mentioned abuse.

5

No

Yes

Poteat 2019

International

Trans communities

Research presentation

Unknown

3

No

Yes

Newcomb, LaSala et al. 2019

USA

LGBTQ youth health and family influence

Public symposium, expert consultation and working and writing groups

People from academia, federal health agencies, youth serving organizations, advocacy organizations, foundations, (family experience) and youth (40)

27 in 6 themes

No

Yes

Johns, Poteat et al. 2019

USA

LGBTQ youth health and influence of schools

Public symposium, expert consultation and working groups

People from academia, federal health agencies, youth serving organizations, advocacy organizations, foundations (school experience) and youth (40)

36 in 9 themes

No

Yes

Diamond 2017

USA

Lesbians/ Relationships

Personal commentary

Author

3

No

Yes

Olson-Kennedy, Cohen-Kettenis et al. 2016

USA

Gender nonconforming and transgender youth

Review and report of working group (TransNet)

Endocrinologists and other medical professionals experienced in the care of transgender individuals.

10

No

No

Safer, Coleman, Hembree 2016

USA

Transgender health and medicine

Account of creation of TransNet group

Endocrine Society research priority group, paediatric endocrinology expert in transgender medical researchers.

5

Yes

No

Feldman, Brown et al. 2016

USA

Transgender/ Medical outcomes research

Review of research to date

Co-authors (reviewing 68 published research papers)

18 research questions in 5 themes

20 priorities in 3 themes

No

Yes

Papers retrieved and assessed after the workshop

Marshall et al 2019

Canada

Transgender, Non-Binary and Gender Diverse

Literature review and evidence map

All types of research explored.

Co Authors

37 Study Topics with a ‘Top Ten’ and ‘Bottom Ten’

No

Yes

Nagington, Dickinson et al. 2017

UK

Older LGBT people

Symposium, survey and agreement analysis

Survey; 258 participants Symposium; 73 people: 41 from academic institutions (inc. 7 students), 23 from third sector organisationsfrom health and social care, 4 ‘other’

60 research questions in different priority order groups

No

No

MacCarthy et al 2015

USA

Adult transgender health

Literature search of quantitative studies and gap analysis 1981–2013

Co-authors reviewing 647 published and peer reviewed abstracts in English

6 research gaps

No

Yes