Table 1.

Characteristics of the core group who developed the osteoarthritis knowledge scales.

Characteristic	Core group representation
Gender	Male 6 (BD, JHA, AMB, SF, CK, DOB)
	Female 6 (KB, MB, JC, SD, RSH, JLW)
Country	Australia 4 (KB,AMB,SF,RSH)
	Canada 1 (JW)
	New Zealand 6 (BD,JHA,MB,JC,CK,DOB)
	United Kingdom 1 (SD)
Discipline	Chiropractic 1 (SF)
	Consumer research partner 1 (JC)
	Health coaching (MB)
	Physiotherapy 8 (BD,JHA,KB,AMB,SD,RSH,DOB,JW)
	Psychology 2 (SD,CK)
Career	Clinician researcher 2 (BD,AMB)
	Researcher 9 (JHA,KB,MB,SD,SF,RSH,CK, DOB,JLW)
	Consultant 1 (JC)
Authored hip and/or knee OA paper in peer reviewed journal	Yes 10 (BD,JHA,KB,AMB, MB,SD,SF,RSH,DOB,JLW)
	No 2 (CK,JC)
Presented about hip and/or knee OA at international conference	Yes 6 (JHA,KB,AMB,SF,RSH,JLW)
	No 6 (BD,MB,JC,SD,CK,DOB)
Held nationally competitive grant funding as the lead Chief Investigator for a clinical research grant investigating hip and/or knee OA	Yes 6 (BD,JHA,KB,AMB,RSH,JW)
	No 6 (MB,JC,SD,SF,CK,DOB)
Developed or tested measurement instrument	Yes (BD,JHA,AMB,KB,SD,SF,RSH,CK,DOB,JLW)
	No (MB,JC)

OA, osteoarthritis.