While not all member countries completed all tasks, almost all member countries prepared national guidelines on communicable diseases surveillance and response and adapted their case definitions to align with EU standards.
All 2,566 cohort members who completed all 3 physical capability tests had an address collected at age 53 years (1999).
All members completed the questionnaire for MWS-related symptoms, 36 underwent genetic testing.
Nurses were employed to collect blood and take physical measurements and all members completed the questionnaires with patients.
Once all members had completed and returned the questionnaire, a summary of the results was circulated to the members.
Once all members had completed the questionnaire, and in advance of the meeting itself, a summary of the results was circulated to the members.
Surveys of those members who completed all requirements indicated that the time required by investigators to provide documentation that they had fulfilled these requirements was estimated to be ten to fifteen hours.
All the team members have completed their training.
The names of all panel members who completed at least one round are presented in the "Acknowledgements" section.
All nine panel members attended the second round face-to-face meeting which occurred in Sydney in November 2013, 2 weeks after all panel members had completed their first round ratings.
