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. 2025 Apr 28;26:135. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02803-3

Table 2.

Participant validation

Agreement score (median)a Agreement proportionb Coefficient of variationc Consensus (IQR)d Free commentse
Theme 1 5/6 100% 0.14 1.00

“Certainly [of] good use and [the provider of SNA should] discuss limitations of [technical] examinations.”

“Overlap for babies and toddlers with website [of]Kind en Gezinf. [It would be] also good to know what are reliable online sources.”

Theme 2 6/6 90% 0.17 1.00 /
Theme 3 6/6 100% 0.13 1.00 /
Theme 4 5/6 85% 0.23 1.00 “Difficult to estimate at the beginning and having one and the same physician [i.e., GP] is a requirement. [Physicians taking into] consideration [parents’ perspectives] is limited to the extent that the well-being of the child remains the priority, [it is] also necessary to sometimes try and explain to the parents why some ideas are ‘not correct’.”
Theme 5 5/6 90% 0.22 2.00

“Especially for new parents (i.e. parents with less experience require this [category of SNA]) [a] multimodal way [of delivering SNA] seems to me like a large administrative burden.”

“Yes, but [make sure] that it remains attainable for the physician in terms of workload.”

Abbreviations: SNA safety netting advice, IQR interquartile range

aAgreement score on a 6-point Likert scale, should be at least 5 for agreement

bAgreement proportion = proportion of panellists that at least slightly agreed, should be at least 75% for agreement

cCoefficient of variation = standard deviation divided by mean, should be at or below 0.5 for agreement

dConsensus among participants is determined by an IQR ≤ 1.75

eFree comments translated from Dutch to English by RB

fKind en Gezin’ (ENG: ‘The Child and Family Agency’) is a well child clinic agency of the Flemish Government