Table 2.
International Delphi panel characteristics
| Number | Country | Field of expertise (title) | Years of clinical experience | Number of publications indexed in PubMed | Agreed to participate | Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||
| 1 | Australia | Physical therapy (Prof. Dr) | >20 | 68 | √ | – | √ | √ |
| 2 | Australia | Physical therapy (Associate Prof. Dr) | >20 | 12 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 3 | Belgium | Physical therapy/movement science (Associate Prof. Dr) | >20 | 128 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 4 | Canada | Physical therapy (Dr) | 15–20 | 44 | √ | – | √ | √ |
| 5 | The Netherlands | Physical therapy (Associate Prof. Dr) | >20 | 16 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 6 | South Africa | Physical therapy (Associate Prof. Dr) | >20 | 24 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 7 | United Kingdom | Physical therapy (MSc, physical therapist) | 10–15 | 3 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 8 | United Kingdom | Nursing/psychology (Dr) | >20 | 10 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 9 | United Kingdom | Physical therapy (Dr) | 15–20 | 9 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 10 | USA | Intensive care medicine (Prof. Dr/MD) | 15–20 | >200 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
– No response
√ Response obtained