Table 2.

Delphi consensus panel participant characteristics

Characteristics	Overall (n = 181)	Participants in all 3 Rounds (n = 48)	Additional Participants (n = 133)
Gender
Female	59.1	52.1	63.6
Male	40.9	47.9	36.4
Country/Region of practice
United States of America	37.0	8.3	9.1
Canada	35.4	8.3	2.5
Romania	7.7	6.3	9.1
Austria	6.1	0.0	6.6
United Kingdom	4.4	4.2	4.1
Australia	3.9	4.2	4.1
Turkey	2.2	2.1	2.5
Spain	1.7	2.1	1.7
Switzerland	1.7	2.1	1.7
Primary discipline
Rheumatologist	38.1	31.2	40.6
Physical/Occupational Therapy	19.9	18.8	20.3
Patient Advocate	13.8	2.1	18.0
Other Physician*	12.7	14.6	12.0
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner	12.2	25.0	7.5
Rheumatology Nurse	3.3	8.3	1.5
Career Stage†
Mid career	67.9	63.8	71.1
Late career	32.1	36.2	27.8
Urban or Rural†
Urban	85.3	87.2	84.5
Rural	14.7	12.8	14.4
Majority of Time Spent†
Clinical	67.9	59.6	74.2
Academic	32.1	40.4	25.8
Primary Work Setting†
Institutional	73.7	68.1	76.3
Private Practice	26.3	31.9	23.7

*Family medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medicine and paediatrics

^†Characteristics not applicable to patient advocates.