PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY We conducted a review of research on the topic of 'risk' in hospital based mental health care for young people aged 11-18. We wanted to include a contribution from young people alongside other stakeholders with expertise to guide the research team in decisions made setting parameters for the review. To achieve this, we held a stakeholder group meeting. We used the nominal group technique, a method designed to create a structure and a process for getting feedback from a group of people in a way that allows everyone to have an equal say. In this study, we show how our use of this approach enabled our stakeholder group to shape the focus of our study towards an area of more importance and relevance to them. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND In this paper we demonstrate how our application of the nominal group technique was used as a method of involving young people with previous experience of using inpatient mental health services in an evidence synthesis. METHODS Nominal group technique is an approach to group decision-making that places weight on all participants having an equal opportunity to express a view, and to influence decisions which are made. It is an effective way to enable people who might otherwise be excluded from decision-making to contribute. RESULTS In this study, the focus of the evidence synthesis was significantly shaped following using the nominal group technique in our stakeholder advisory group meeting. The young people present in the group invited the research group to think differently about which 'risks' were important, to consider how young people conceptualised risk differently, focussing on risks with long term impact and quality of life implications, rather than immediate clinical risks. CONCLUSIONS Using the nominal group technique with young people did offer a method of promoting the equality of decision making within a stakeholder advisory group to an evidence synthesis project, but care needs to be taken to invite sufficient young people to attend so they can be proportionally represented.

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使用名义小组技术让年轻人参与证据综合，探索住院精神保健中的“风险”。

通俗易懂的总结 我们对 11-18 岁青少年住院精神卫生保健中“风险”这一主题的研究进行了回顾。我们希望将年轻人的贡献与其他具有专业知识的利益相关者一起纳入，以指导研究团队做出决策，为审查设置参数。为此，我们召开了利益相关者小组会议。我们使用了名义小组技术，这种方法旨在创建一个结构和一个流程，以便从一群人那里获得反馈，让每个人都有平等的发言权。在这项研究中，我们展示了我们如何使用这种方法使我们的利益相关者群体能够将我们的研究重点转向与他们更重要和相关的领域。抽象背景 在本文中，我们展示了我们如何使用名义小组技术作为一种方法，让有使用住院精神卫生服务经验的年轻人参与证据综合。方法 名义群体技术是一种群体决策方法，它重视所有参与者都有平等的机会表达观点并影响做出的决策。这是让那些可能被排除在决策之外的人做出贡献的有效方法。结果 在本研究中，在我们的利益相关者咨询小组会议上使用名义小组技术后，证据综合的重点得到了显着影响。小组中的年轻人邀请研究小组以不同的方式思考哪些“风险”是重要的，考虑年轻人如何以不同的方式概念化风险，关注具有长期影响和生活质量影响的风险，而不是直接的临床风险。结论 对年轻人使用名义小组技术确实提供了一种促进利益相关者咨询小组内对证据综合项目的决策平等的方法，但需要注意邀请足够的年轻人参加，以便他们可以按比例代表.