Xmind Tutorials

Xmind provides a series of video tutorials for mapping.

 

Examples of completed maps

Symptom map of person with Parkinson’s Disease

 

 

 

Map Templates

Templates based on Likert scale:

Template:  Most Bothersome

Template:  Most helpful

Template:  Most Important

Template:  Most Often

Coding criteria:
Most bothersome = 4
Somewhat bothersome = 3
Less bothersome = 2
Not bothersome = 1
Not applicable = 0
Not sure = 888
Coding criteria:
Very helpful = 2
Not helpful = 1
Harmful = 0
Not sure = 888
Coding criteria:
Most important = 4
Somewhat important = 3
Less important = 2
Not important = 1
Not applicable = 0
Not sure = 888
Coding criteria:
Most often = 4
Somewhat often = 3
Less often = 2
Rarely = 1
Never = 0
Not sure = 888

 

Perspective mapping manuscripts

Mammen, J. R., Lerner, A., Al-Rubayie, R., Kostrzebski, M., Stephenson, D., Xiao, Y., Redmond, C., Tyo, M., Reddy, V. G., Auinger, P., Dorsey, E. R., & Adams, J. L. (2025). Longitudinal qualitative assessment of meaningful symptoms and relevance of WATCH-PD digital measures for people with early Parkinson’s. J Neurol, 272(2), 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12789-0

Mammen, J., Speck, R., Stebbins, G., Müller, M., Yang, P., Campbell, M., Cosman, J., Crawford, J., Dam, T., Hellsten, J., Jensen-Roberts, S., Kostrzebski, M., Simuni, T., Ward Barowicz, K., Cedarbaum, J., Dorsey, E., Stephenson, D., & Adams, J. (2023). Mapping meaningful symptoms and impacts of disease to digital outcome measures. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-225122

Mammen, J., Speck, R., Stebbins, G., Müller, M., Yang, P., Campbell, M., Cosman, J., Crawford, J., Dam, T., Hellsten, J., Jensen-Roberts, S., Kostrzebski, M., Simuni, T., Ward Barowicz, K., Cedarbaum, J., Dorsey, E., Stephenson, D., & Adams, J. (2023). Relative meaningfulness and impacts of symptoms in people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Parkinsons Disease, 13, 619–632. https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-225068

Mammen, J. (2016). Computer-Assisted Concept Mapping: Visual Aids for Knowledge Construction. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(7), 403-406. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20160615-09

Mammen, J. R., & Mammen, C. R. (2018). Beyond concept analysis: Uses of mind mapping software for visual representation, management, and analysis of diverse digital data. Res Nurs Health, 41(6), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21920

Mammen, J., Norton, S., Rhee, H., & Butz, A. (2016). New approaches to qualitative interviewing:  Development of a card sort technique to understand subjective patterns of symptoms and responses [Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural]. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 58, 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.12.011

 

Qualitative data analysis resources