Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 28;19(1):291. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010291.
People with lived experience of mental health problems as both consumers and carers can bring significant expertise to the research process. However, the methods used to gather this information and their subsequent results can vary markedly. This paper describes the methods for two virtual World Cafés held to gather data on consumer and carer priorities for mental health research. Several methodological processes and challenges arose during data collection, including the achieved recruitment for each group ( = 4, = 7) falling significantly short of the target number of 20 participants per group. This led to departures from planned methods (i.e., the use of a single 'room', rather than multiple breakout rooms). Despite this, the participants in the virtual World Cafés were able to generate over 200 ideas for research priorities, but not identify agreed-upon priorities. Virtual World Cafés can quickly generate a significant volume of data; however, they may not be as effective at generating consensus.
有心理健康问题亲身经历的患者既可以作为消费者也可以作为照顾者，他们可以为研究过程带来重要的专业知识。然而，用于收集这些信息的方法及其后续结果可能有很大的不同。本文描述了为收集有关精神健康研究中消费者和照顾者优先事项的数据而举行的两次虚拟世界咖啡研讨会的方法。在数据收集过程中出现了几个方法和挑战，包括每个组（=4，=7）的实际招募人数远远低于每个组 20 名参与者的目标人数。这导致偏离了计划的方法（即，使用单个“房间”，而不是多个分组会议室）。尽管如此，虚拟世界咖啡研讨会的参与者还是能够提出 200 多项研究重点的想法，但未能确定达成共识的优先事项。虚拟世界咖啡研讨会可以快速生成大量数据；但是，它们在生成共识方面可能效果不佳。
