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. 2019;14:E7–E15. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3095

TABLE 1.

Definitions of Levels of Consensus

Term Definition
Perfect consensus All respondents agree on one number between 7 and 9
Very good consensus Median and middle 50% (interquartile range) of respondents are found at 1 integer (eg, median and interquartile range are both at 8) or 80% of respondents are within 1 integer of the median (eg, median is 8, 80% respondents are from 7 to 9)
Good consensus 50% of respondents are within 1 integer of the median (eg, median is 8, 50% of respondents are from 7 to 9) or 80% of the respondents are within 2 integers of the median (eg, median is 7, 80% of respondents are from 5 to 9)
Some consensus 50% or respondents are within 2 integers of the median (eg, median is 7, 50% of respondents are from 5 to 9) or 80% of respondents are within 3 integers of the median (eg, median is 6, 80% of respondents are from 3 to 9)
No consensus All other responses. Any median with disagreement