Seigo Mitsutake, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Aki Otsuki, Jun Umezawa, Akiko Yaguchi-Saito, Junko Saito, Maiko Fujimori, Taichi Shimazu
Chronic Diseases and Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated With Online Health Information Seeking and Using Social Networking Sites: Nationally Representative Cross-sectional Survey in Japan
Journal of medical Internet research
aim study establish international interorganisational consensus wound infection terminology project consisted definition scoping delphi process produce consensus glossary 18 wound infection terms recent guidelinesconsensus documents reviewed identify 24 definitions term online consensus process undertaken using rand appropriateness method consensus method panels reach agreement international wound organisations nominated experts participate 21 participants selected represent different organisations geographic regions disciplines first consensus round term presented alongside 23 definitions participants nominated preferred definition majority vote used select baseline definition consensus process proceeded participants using 9point likert scale score level agreement disagreement definition term participants also provided justification outlining reason behind rating end round index calculated provide quantitative evaluation indicating whether agreement disagreement reached reasoning statements summarised definitions adjusted incorporate concepts identified participants adjusted definition presented next consensus round together reasoning statements terms final definition achieved three consensus rounds finalised preferential voting using 23 definitions reached consensus project generated glossary wound infection terms endorsed participation 15 international organisations dissemination guidelines clinical decisionmakingteaching tools