Table 1.

Characteristics of interviewees

	Professionals	Patient research partners
Sex (M:F)	12:4	7:9		Interview code
Professional background or diagnosis	10 practising rheumatologists	10 rheumatoid arthritis
	3 full-time researchers	2 vasculitis
	3 other professionals	2 ankylosing spondylitis
		1 fibromyalgia
		1 gout
Number of OMERACT conferences attended
1	5	8		PA to PF, PO, PP
2	0	3	}	PG to PN
3	1	1
4	4	4
≥5	6	0
Interview in relation to OMERACT conference
Before	2	1
During	8	16
After	6	5
Geographical spread
	6 countries	7 countries
	2 continents	4 continents
Research background
	10 senior researchers			RA to RG, RJ, RK, RY
1 research fellow				RH
1 postdoctoral researcher				RI
2 pharma representatives				DA, DD
2 staff members				DB, DC

OMERACT, Outcome Measures in Rheumatology.