Originality/value 鈥 This study presents the results of the Delphi technique, which is itself considered an original research method and not widely accepted in the tough "publish or perish" world. The value of
Public perspectives matter to the forest sector. In recent decades, public resistance to commercial forestry has grown, and an emerging risk facing the New Zealand forestry sector is the loss of social licence (Hall, 2019). ‘Social licence’ generally refers to a local community's acceptance or...
For diagnostic research on appendicitis in registration data, insight is needed in the way GPs generate medical records. We aimed to reach a consensus on the features that GPs consider important in the consultation and medical records when evaluating a child with suspected appendicitis. Methods We ...
Therefore, we implemented a horizon scan in 2021 to understand threats and opportunities expected to hinder or facilitate community-based conservation effectiveness within the coming 10–15 years. Horizon scanning is a foresight technique for detecting early signals of future change (as opposed to ...
In a Delphi technique, the identity of the group members is not revealed, and they are not even required to gather for a physical meeting. Each member is free to give his opinion with respect to the problem, thereby avoiding the influential effect that a powerful or authoritative member can...
This review aimed to identify and collate existing PROMs that may be suitable for evaluating the “success” of frailty interventions, with the research question: What existing PROMs are used in research and may be suitable for older people with frailty? To the authors’ knowledge this is the ...
Delphi Technique:It is a forecasting technique wherein the researcher elicits the information from the panel of experts either personally or through a questionnaire sent through the mail. Here, each expert in his respective field is asked to give their opinions on the problem concerned and the con...
[39] in 2012 using a modified Delphi technique, which was developed by the Canada Institute of Health Economics (IHE); hence, it is also called "IHE Quality Appraisal Tool" (Table S1N). Moreover, NIH also de- velops a quality assessment tool for case series study, including 9 items (...
Typically, a Delphi survey involves a specified number of question rounds, each of which is followed by feedback on the degree of group consensus to participants. In theory, consecutive rounds are conducted to the stage where a group consensus (or not) is achieved....
In pursuing this research, the Delphi method was considered the most appropriate as the subject is complex, opinions are varied and there is a scarcity of published literature on the topic. The 28 member Delphi group used here was a subset of a larger Delphi group of 39 experts that had ...