Table 1. Criteria for Delphi methods adapted from Schneider and colleagues [29].
Definition of high agreement |
♦ Inclusion: ≥ 80% of respondents rate an item four or greater on a scale from zero to five |
♦ Exclusion: ≥ 80% of respondents rate an item two or less on a scale from zero to five |
♦ Non-consensus: All other possibilities |
Criteria to drop items |
♦ Excluded items based on above criteria will not move forward to next round. |
Stopping criteria |
♦ The modified Delphi process will end when high agreement is reached or after three rounds of surveys, whichever comes first. If high agreement is not reached, the planning committee will make a final determination for items for which high agreement was not reached based on survey responses and by reaching out to individuals with contrasting scores for discussion. |