TABLE 2.
Participant Characteristics
| Patient and family interviews (N = 15) | n (%) |
| Patient | 10 (66) |
| Family | 5 (33) |
| Delphi (N = 134) | n (%) |
| Gender (male) | 31 (23) |
| Age (yr) | |
| < 30 | 8 (6) |
| 30–50 | 87 (65) |
| > 50 | 39 (29) |
| Country/continent of residence | |
| Canada | 11 (8) |
| Europe | 17 (13) |
| Australia or New Zealand | 45 (34) |
| United Kingdom | 29 (22) |
| United States | 25 (19) |
| Asia | 6 (4) |
| Other | 1 (1) |
| Involvement with people requiring a breathing tube | |
| Person/family member/friend | 15 (11) |
| Clinician | 91 (68) |
| Researcher | 28 (21) |
| Profession of healthcare participantsa | |
| Physician | 20 (17) |
| Nurse or nurse practitioner | 26 (22) |
| Speech Language Therapist | 58 (49) |
| Physical; occupational; or respiratory therapist | 14 (12) |
| Years of experience working with people with a breathing tubea | |
| 2–5 yr | 16 (14) |
| 6–10 yr | 19 (16) |
| > 10 yr | 83 (70) |
| Consensus meetings (N = 24) | n (%) |
| Patient and family | 3 (13) |
| Clinician | 14 (58) |
| Researcher | 7 (29) |
a
Data complete for 118 participants.