The power of the group: comparison of interviews and group concept mapping for identifying patient-important outcomes of care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data are limited regarding how to effectively and efficiently identify patient priorities for research or clinical care. Our goal was to compare the comprehensiveness and efficiency of group concept mapping (GCM), a group participatory method, to interviews for identifying patient goals when seeking care.

Methods

We engaged patients with moderately- to poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus in either GCM or an individual interview. The primary outcome was the comprehensiveness of GCM brainstorming (the first stage of GCM) as compared to interviews for eliciting patient-important outcomes (PIOs) related to seeking care. Secondary outcomes included 1) comprehensiveness of GCM brainstorming and interviews compared to a master list of PIOs and 2) efficiency of GCM brains

SUBMITTER: Rising KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323717 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature