Table : Summary of elicitation methods used Study Selection of participants Number of Survey or face Pre-elicitation training of Elicitation technique Synthesis participants to face participants Soares Nurses with knowledge and 23 Group face to A talk on the concepts and Histogram with discrete Linear pooling with equal (2010) experience of patient face questions covered in the numerical scale. Respondents weights. management exercise and example used 21 crosses to express exercises. distribution. Harmanec Doctors Not reported Not reported Not reported Doctors reported point Not reported (1999) estimate probabilities Garthwaite Medical experts with 4 Face to face An outline of the questions to Median and quartile selection The model uses one response (2008) experience in a range of be asked, and consultation on with covariates. from an expert and issues in the decision model what covariates to include. uncertainty in increased if other experts have different responses. Leal (2007) Genetic experts and 7 Questionnaire An email explaining the goal Four complimentary intervals. Linear pooling with equal cardiologists. Experts were and face to of the questionnaire. weights. selected from different face geographic locations in the UK McKenna Experience and clinical 5 Questionnaire Not reported Frequency chart. Respondents Linear pool with equal (2010) knowledge in the UK. used 20 crosses to express weights. distribution. Boike Senior rheumatologist with 5 Questionnaire Not reported Histogram with a discrete Linear pool with weights (2009) experience of disease numerical scale. Respondents derived calibration questions activity index used in the used 20 crosses to express and random effects model. distribution. Lau (1999) Physicians. 2 Face to face Document outlining the Techniques include sample Not reported objectives, description of distribution, the betting and cognitive heuristics and the likelihood method. biases and other relevant issues was read by expert.
Table : Summary of elicitation methods used Study Selection of participants Number of participants Survey or face to face Pre-elicitation training of participants Elicitation technique Synthesis Soares (2010) Nurses with knowledge and experience of patient management 23 Group face to face A talk on the concepts and questions covered in the exercise and example exercises. Histogram with discrete numerical scale. Respondents used 21 crosses to express distribution. Linear pooling with equal weights. Harmanec (1999) Doctors Not reported Not reported Not reported Doctors reported point estimate probabilities Not reported Garthwaite (2008) Medical experts with experience in a range of issues in the decision model 4 Face to face An outline of the questions to be asked, and consultation on what covariates to include. Median and quartile selection with covariates. The model uses one response from an expert and uncertainty in increased if other experts have different responses. Leal (2007) Genetic experts and cardiologists. Experts were selected from different geographic locations in the UK 7 Questionnaire and face to face An email explaining the goal of the questionnaire. Four complimentary intervals. Linear pooling with equal weights. McKenna (2010) Experience and clinical knowledge in the UK. 5 Questionnaire Not reported Frequency chart. Respondents used 20 crosses to express distribution. Linear pool with equal weights. Boike (2009) Senior rheumatologist with experience of disease activity index used in the model. 5 Questionnaire Not reported Histogram with a discrete numerical scale. Respondents used 20 crosses to express distribution. Linear pool with weights derived calibration questions and random effects Lau (1999) Physicians. 2 Face to face Document outlining the objectives, description of cognitive heuristics and biases and other relevant issues was read by expert. Techniques include sample distribution, the betting and the likelihood method. Not reported
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