ReviewRevue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique2008
[Consensus methods: review of original methods and their main alternatives used in public health].
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Leveraging the dynamic adaptation process to address LGBTQ+ health equity in New Mexico high schools.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- The 2024 French guidelines for scenario design in simulation-based education: manikin-based immersive simulation, simulated participant-based immersive simulation and procedural simulation.Medical education online · 2024Article
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- Assessing the state of infection prevention and control in cameroon: a cross-sectional workshop evaluation using socioecological models.Infection prevention in practice · 2024Article
- Delphi method applicability in drug foresight.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- A multidisciplinary Delphi consensus to define evidence-based quality indicators for diabetic foot ulcer care.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- EASY-NET Program: Effectiveness of an Audit and Feedback Intervention in the Emergency Care for Acute Conditions in the Lazio Region.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundConsensus-based studies are increasingly used as decision making methods, for they have lower production cost than other methods (observation, experimentation, modelling) and provide results more rapidly. The objective of this paper is to describe the principles and methods of the four main methods, Delphi, nominal group, consensus development conference and RAND/UCLA, their use as it appears in peer-reviewed publications and validation studies published in the healthcare literature.
methodsA bibliographic search was performed in PubMed/Medline, Banque de données santé publique (BDSP), The Cochrane Library, Pascal and Francis. Keywords, headings and qualifiers corresponding to a list of terms and expressions related to the consensus methods were searched in the thesauri, and used in the literature search. A search with the same terms and expressions was performed on Internet using the website Google Scholar.
resultsAll methods, precisely described in the literature, are based on common basic principles such as definition of subject, selection of experts, and direct or remote interaction processes. They sometimes use quantitative assessment for ranking items. Numerous variants of these methods have been described. Few validation studies have been implemented. Not implementing these basic principles and failing to describe the methods used to reach the consensus were both frequent reasons contributing to raise suspicion regarding the validity of consensus methods.
conclusionWhen it is applied to a new domain with important consequences in terms of decision making, a consensus method should be first validated.
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