title: Utilizing qualitative data from nominal groups: exploring the influences on treatment outcome prioritization with rheumatoid arthritis patients.
abstract: The nominal group technique generates quantitative data through a process of experts ranking items of interest. This article focuses on the additional collection of qualitative data from nominal groups with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, used to explore the influences on prioritizing treatment outcomes. Across all groups, the top five outcomes with the highest importance scores were identified as: pain; joint damage; fatigue; activities of daily living; and mobility. Qualitative findings showed that the personal impact of RA influenced decisions on how to rank specific outcomes through four domains: disease impact; adaptation to illness; external resources and stressors; and social expectations.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Tessa2.Sanderson@uwe.ac.uk
authors.forename: Tessa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hewlett
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D032921:Consensus; D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom