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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Comparison of different rating scales for the use in Delphi studies: different scales lead to different consensus and show different test-retest reliability

 

Characteristics

1st round

2nd round

Drop out

Sex

 Male

31 (31%)

26 (30%)

5 (38%)

 Female

69 (69%)

61 (70%)

8 (62%)

 No answer

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Care of relatives

 Yes

9 (9%)

9 (10%)

0 (0%)

 No

87 (87%)

74 (85%)

13 (100%)

 No answer

4 (5%)

4 (5%)

0 (0%)

Employment status, current

 Employed

24 (24%)

22 (25%)

2 (15%)

 Unemployed

76 (76%)

65 (75%)

11 (85%)

 No answer

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Age

 Mean [sd]

68.3 [± 9.9]

68.0 [± 10]

68.3 [± 9.3]

 Range

42–85

42–85

48–82