Table 1.

Participant characteristics (n=18)

Age, median (IQR)	47, 5 (42.3–51.8)
Age, range	27–75
Women, n (%)	10 (56)
Participated in brainstorm, n (%)	15 (83)
Participated in sorting/rating, n (%)	15 (83)
Participated in validation, n (%)	13 (72)
Participated in both sorting/rating and validation, n (%)	11 (61)
Research experience, years, median (IQR)	9, 5 (2.8–10.8)
Research experience, years, range	1–44
Type of research experience, n (%)*
Literature or bibliographic	2 (11)
Qualitative	15 (83)
Quantitative	11 (61)
Both qualitative and quantitative	9 (50)
Employment, n (%)*
Research assistant	2 (11)
PhD student	2 (11)
Post.doc.	4 (22)
Research fellow	2 (11)
Associate professor	3 (17)
Professor	1 (6)
Physician or MD	6 (33)
Chaplain	2 (22)

*Some participants contribute to this statistic more than once, why the sum does not equal 100%.