Data collection during the first consultation round and the determination of the K coefficient led to the establishment of consensus criteria among panelists (See Table 1).
Through an iterative consultation round with Belgian experts from administrations, policy support units, and research centers CICES has been adapted to the needs of a highly populated country, where multifunctional land use is very common.
In April 2014, Rajaonarimampianina instead announced the selection of Roger Kolo, following a consultation round which showed he had support from a majority in the parliament.
There was substantial redrafting and reformatting of the standard package, with a further consultation round following on.
Following consultation round 3, a draft measure was constructed using the 18 items identified by the group – 7 relating to passive and 11 to active function.
A subsequent e-mail consultation round including open invitations was sent to all 54 EPHect collaborators, asking them to review the EPHect EPQ under development and to participate in WERF EPHect Workshop II (London, 11 July 2013).
During Workshop I and a subsequent consultation round, we identified 24 centers around the globe that collect tissues from endometriosis case and control subjects on a large scale (publication on >100 cases).
16 experts agreed on 46 statements over four rounds of consultation (Round 1: 22 accepted, 3 removed, 5 new and 17 modified; Round 2: 16 accepted, 0 removed, 4 new and 6 modified; Round 3: 4 accepted, 2 removed, 0 new and 4 modified; Round 4: 4 accepted, 0 removed, 0 new, 0 modified).
During workshop I and a subsequent consultation round, we identified 18 centers worldwide that collect biologic fluid samples from endometriosis cases and controls on a large scale (criterion: publication on >100 cases); all provided SOPs for sample collection, processing, and storage.
During consultation rounds, citizens and stakeholders are only meant to submit views, while objections or a real debate are empathically discouraged, giving rise to frustration among the participants.
The inclusion of themes in the measurement instruments was based on literature and expert consultation rounds.
