Table 1.
Characteristics of participants in Delphi surveys and consultation meetings conducted to identify core outcomes for abortion trials
| Delphi Surveys |
Consultation meeting (n=16) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All registered (N=251) | Started round 1 (n=218) | Completed round 1 (n=203) | Completed round 2 (n=118) | ||
| Stakeholder group | |||||
| Clinician | 116 (46) | 101 (46) | 95 (47) | 52 (44) | 5 (31) |
| Researcher | 45 (18) | 40 (18) | 37 (18) | 23 (19) | 8 (50) |
| Patient/representative | 17 (7) | 15 (7) | 14 (7) | 7 (6) | 1 (6) |
| NGO representative | 56 (22) | 49 (22) | 44 (22) | 27 (23) | 0 |
| Other | 17 (7) | 13 (6) | 13 (6) | 9 (8) | 2 (13) |
| Age in years | 43.3 ± 13 | 43.5 ± 13 | 44.1 ± 13 | 43.9 ± 13 | Not available |
| Race | |||||
| Asian | 38 (15) | 35 (16) | 31 (15) | 14 (12) | 3 (19) |
| Black | 27 (11) | 19 (9) | 16 (8) | 13 (11) | 1 (6) |
| Latin American | 13 (5) | 11 (5) | 11 (5) | 8 (7) | 1 (6) |
| Mixed or other | 13 (5) | 6 (3) | 6 (3) | 3 (3) | 5 (31) |
| White | 146 (58) | 136 (62) | 130 (64) | 76 (64) | 5 (31) |
| Prefer not to disclose | 6 (2) | 9 (4) | 7 (3) | 3 (3) | 1 (6) |
| Missing | 8 (3) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Regiona | |||||
| AFRO | 24 (10) | 17 (8) | 12 (6) | 12 (10) | 1 (6) |
| EMRO | 6 (2) | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| EURO | 47 (19) | 40 (18) | 39 (19) | 18 (15) | 6 (38) |
| AMRO | 134 (53) | 116 (54) | 113 (56) | 67 (57) | 8 (50) |
| SEARO | 13 (5) | 14 (6) | 10 (5) | 6 (5) | 1 (6) |
| WPRO | 27 (11) | 26 (12) | 24 (12) | 13 (11) | 0 |
| Country typeb | |||||
| Low income | 14 (6) | 12 (6) | 10 (5) | 7 (6) | 2 (13) |
| Lower-middle income | 30 (12) | 22 (10) | 18 (9) | 13 (11) | 0 |
| Upper-middle income | 13 (5) | 11 (5) | 9 (4) | 6 (5) | 1 (6) |
| High | 194 (77) | 173 (79) | 166 (82) | 92 (78) | 13 (81) |
All data presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD)
a
WHO regions: AFRO,Africa; AMRO,The Americas EMRO Eastern Mediterranean; EURO, Europe; SEARO (South-East Asia), WPRO (Western Pacific)
b
According to World Bank classification [18]