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. 2019 Jan 29;23:2331216518824827. doi: 10.1177/2331216518824827

Table 1.

Number of Participants in Each Stakeholder Group and for Each Intervention Type That Consented and Participated in Each Round of the e-Delphi Survey.

Stakeholder group Consented e-Delphi Round 1 e-Delphi Round 2 e-Delphi Round 3 Attrition (%)
Sound-based interventions
 Health-care user 199 182 160 142 22.0
 Health-care practitioner 79 70 60 57 18.6
 Clinical researchers 36 35 35 34 2.9
 Commercial reps and funders 24 21 19 19 9.5
Psychology-based interventions
 Health-care user 118 114 97 89 21.9
 Health-care practitioner 63 61 57 50 18.0
 Clinical researchers 39 39 37 36 7.7
 Commercial reps and funders 4 4 4 3 N/A
Pharmacology-based interventions
 Health-care user 67 62 48 41 33.9
 Health-care practitioner 51 47 40 37 21.3
 Clinical researchers 20 17 14 13 23.5
 Commercial reps and funders 19 18 15 12 33.3
Total 719a 670 586 533b 20.4

Note. Attrition refers to the percent who withdrew or dropped out between Rounds 1 and 3.

aNote some individuals consented to participate in more than one study, and so when those duplicates have been accounted for, the 719 comprises 641 unique individuals.

bFor those participating in more than one study, when duplicates have been accounted for, the 533 comprises 472 unique individuals.