At Medialis, we use the Jandhyala method to answer list-generating questions, especially those that enhance the accuracy of measures used to observe constructs in clinical studies and trials.

This method of observing proportional group awareness and consensus consists of two rounds of questionnaires. The first survey consists of an open-ended question for the experts to answer. Answers can be used to generate an item list and assess the awareness of the experts of a particular subject; it also allows the awareness of items to be recorded in an unprompted way. The structured questionnaire generated from the items identified during the first round can also have items added to it by the investigator(s).

As such, the process of observing proportional group awareness and consensus is flexible, allowing the input of results from literature searches into the structured questionnaire in Round 2, thus providing the participants the benefit of reviewing items that may not have been suggested in their first round.