Nonprofit announces $96M in funding for mental health, delirium, alcohol use research
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has announced $96 million in funding for 18 new studies that will focus on mental health, delirium and adolescent alcohol use.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a United States nonprofit that was created through the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
“PCORI continues its important work addressing evidence gaps on key health care issues identified through the ongoing input and guidance of patient and stakeholder communities,” PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, said in a released statement. “Patients, caregivers and clinicians faced with an array of options for their health care will benefit from evidence generated by these and other PCORI-funded projects, because it will enable them to make decisions about what’s best for them in their particular circumstances.”
Of the 18 studies, six were awarded through funding opportunities that targeted high-priority topics that were identified through patients and other stakeholders.
Two studies compare approaches to reduce anxiety and depression among those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with one focusing on autistic adults and the other on autistic youth.
Three other studies will compare the effectiveness of interventions to reduce adolescent alcohol use, while another study will compare approaches to preventing delirium among hospitalized older adults.
Six studies were chosen based on a funding opportunity on their potential to advance patient-centered clinical effectiveness research.
“For research to have an impact, there must be dissemination and implementation of results. This is why PCORI also funds projects to promote the uptake of useful findings into everyday clinical care,” Harv Feldman, MD, PCORI’s director for patient-centered research, said in the release. “These latest projects have tremendous potential to influence and enhance the health systems and primary care physicians provide, improving health and outcomes for many patients. We look forward to seeing them get under way.”