Table 1. Demographics of the experts that participated in the Delphi study (n=26).

Characteristics	Participants, n (%)*
Age (years), mean (SD)	40.8 (8.6)
Gender
Male	16 (61.5)
Female	10 (38.5)
Institution of practice
University hospitals	18 (69.2)
University academics	2 (7.7)
Medical centre	1 (3.8)
Specialist hospitals	3 (11.6)
Private hospitals	2 (7.7)
Years of experience in ICU
5 - 10	10 (38.5)
10 - 15	5 (19.2)
15 - 20	6 (23.1)
>20	5 (19.2)
Published article
<2	17 (85.0)
2 - 6	3 (15.0)

ICU = intensive care unit

SD = standard deviation

*Unless otherwise specified