Participatory methods used in the evaluation of medical devices: a comparison of focus groups, interviews, and a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stakeholder engagement in evaluation of medical devices is crucial for aligning devices with stakeholders' views, needs, and values. Methods for these engagements have however not been compared to analyse their relative merits for medical device evaluation. Therefore, we systematically compared these three methods in terms of themes, interaction, and time-investment.

Methods

We compared focus groups, interviews, and an online survey in a case-study on minimally invasive endoscopy-guided surgery for patients with intracerebral haemorrhage. The focus groups and interviews featured two rounds, one explorative focussing on individual perspectives, and one interactive focussing on the exchange of perspectives between participants. The comparison between methods was mad

SUBMITTER: Woudstra K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature