Table 1.

Delphi Technique Consensus Statement Inclusion Criteria

Statement Result	Threshold Applied
Definitely include	(i) >80% of consensus panel rate statement as =9 OR (ii) Median rating of >8
Maybe include	(i) >70% of consensus panel rate statement as =9 OR (ii) Median rating of >7
Definitely exclude	(i) <70% of consensus panel rate statement as =9 AND   100% of consensus panel said statement was clear OR (ii) Median rating of <6 AND   100% of consensus panel said statement was clear*
Revise	(i) Major revisions suggested OR (ii) <70% of panel rate statement as =9 AND   <100% of consensus panel said statement was clear*

^*Suggesting that low scores were not due to lack of understanding of proposed consensus statement.