Concept Mapping as a Scalable Method for Identifying Patient-Important Outcomes [Methods Study], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015-2020

Research that focuses on what's most important to patients can inform health decisions. Researchers use different methods to identify what's most important to patients.
In this study, the research team compared two methods for identifying what's most important to patients: one-on-one interviews and group concept mapping, or GCM. GCM is a three-round process that helps researchers get input from a group. In the first round, people brainstorm topics that are important to them. Next, people sort the topics into clusters based on similar ideas. Finally, researchers create a map to display and discuss the topics. Researchers can use the complete GCM process or the brainstorming round only.
The research team looked at one-on-one interviews versus GCM and compared the number of topics patients named and the amount of time and money required.

聚焦于患者核心关切的研究，可为医疗决策制定提供科学参考。研究者可通过多种方法明确患者最为看重的事项。
本研究中，研究团队对比了两种识别患者核心关切的方法：一对一访谈与群体概念图构建（Group Concept Mapping，GCM）。GCM是一套三轮式流程，可帮助研究者收集群体参与者的反馈意见。首轮环节中，参与者头脑风暴出对自身而言重要的主题；次轮，参与者将上述主题按相似思路归类为若干集群；末轮，研究者将生成可视化图谱以展示并研讨相关主题。研究者既可采用完整的GCM流程，也可仅使用其头脑风暴环节。
研究团队将一对一访谈与GCM进行对比，并从患者提及的主题数量、所需时间与经费投入三个维度开展评估。