Table 2.

Definitions on consensus

Consensus classification	Description	Definition
Consensus in	Consensus that outcome should be included in the COS	≥70% in each stakeholder group scoring as 7–9 (‘critical’) and <15% participants in each stakeholder group scoring as 1–3 (‘not that important’)
Consensus out	Consensus that outcome should not be included in the COS	≤50% scoring 7–9 (‘critical’) in each stakeholder group
No consensus	Uncertainty about importance of outcome	Anything else

COS, core outcome sets.