Table I.
The need for and the characteristics of a new classification system: structured questionnaire for the first round of the DELPHI procedure.
| I. Is there a need for a new classification system? | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Indifferent | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| 42/89 (47.2%) | 35/89 (39.3%) | 8/89 (9%) | 4/89 (4.5%) | 0% |
| Agreement: 86.5% | 9% | Disagreement: 4.5% | ||
| Rate of agreement: 82% | ||||
| II. Select the three most important characteristics that should be taken into account in the development of a new system | ||||
| Characteristic | Ranking | Selected as one of the three | ||
| Clear and accurate | 1 | 72.1% | ||
| Comprehensive | 36.8% | |||
| Correlated with patient's clinical presentation | 39.7% | |||
| Correlated with patient's management | 2 | 66.2% | ||
| Simple and friendly | 3 | 64.7% | ||
| Smooth movement from the old to the new one | 20.6% | |||
| III. Which of the following statements should be taken into account in the development of a new system | ||||
| 1. Anatomy should be the basic characteristic for patients’ grouping | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Indifferent | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| 51/89 (57.3%) | 33/89 (37.1%) | 5/89 (5.6%) | 0% | 0% |
| Agreement: 94.4% | 5.6% | Disagreement: 0% | ||
| Rate of agreement: 94.4% | ||||
| 2. There is a ‘key’ organ of the female genital tract that should be used in priority for the development of a new system | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Indifferent | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| 25/89 (28.1%) | 30/89 (33.7%) | 24/89 (27.0%) | 9/89 (10.1%) | 1/89 (1.1%) |
| Agreement: 61.8% | 27.0% | Disagreement: 11.2% | ||
| In case of agreement, indicate: uterus | ||||
| Rate of agreement: 50.6% | ||||
| 3. Embryological origin should be the basic characteristic for patients’ grouping | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Indifferent | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| 12/89 (13.5%) | 13/89 (14.6%) | 42/89 (47.2%) | 20/89 (22.5%) | 2/89 (2.2%) |
| Agreement: 28.1% | 47.2% | Disagreement: 24.7% | ||
| Rate of agreement: 3.4% | ||||
| 4. Embryological origin should be used, if feasible, as a secondary characteristic for patients’ grouping | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Indifferent | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
| 13/89 (14.6%) | 50/89 (56.2%) | 18/89 (20.2%) | 7/89 (7.9%) | 1/89 (1.1%) |
| Agreement: 70.8% | 20.2% | Disagreement: 9.0% | ||
| Rate of agreement: 61.8% | ||||
| IV. Comments (feel free to make additional comments) | ||||
The scale of answers includes five degrees to rank the agreement in each scientific issue; the extent of agreement between the participants is shown in percentages.