Table 2.
Summary of responses Round 4
| Is there currently unwarranted variation in care for people with LSS? | Yes | No | |
| 79 | 21 | ||
| Is the development and implementation of an agreed algorithm likely to reduce unwarranted variation in care? | Yes definitely/ yes to some extent | Unsure | Definitely not/ probably not |
| 88 | 7 | 5 | |
| What is your overall level of agreement with the proposed treatment algorithm (scale 0–6) | Agree (score ≥ 4) | Neither agree nor disagree (score = 3) | Disagree (score ≤ 2) |
| 86 | 7 | 7 | |
| How useful do you think the proposed treatment algorithm will be for each stakeholder group? (0–6) | Agree (score ≥ 4) | Neither useful nor useless /unsure (score = 3) | Disagree (score ≤ 2) |
| Private practice setting | 86 | 7 | 7 |
| Specialist/ secondary care setting | 83 | 7 | 10 |
| Primary care/ GP setting | 87 | 8 | 5 |
| Health service commissioners/providers | 74 | 18 | 8 |
| Healthcare policy makers | 74 | 17 | 9 |
| Healthcare researchers | 79 | 15 | 6 |
| Healthcare insurers | 68 | 21 | 11 |
| Patients (simplified version for SDM) | 83 | 11 | 6 |
All values represent percentage of participants. Bold figures denote item responses reaching 70% consensus. SDM Shared decision making