A Delphi survey to determine how educational interventions for evidence-based practice should be reported: Stage 2 of the development of a reporting guideline

Table 2 Participant’s characteristics and responses

Participants	Authors (n = 28) n (%)	Editors (n = 8) n (%)
Round (n)
1 (n = 36)	28 (78)	8 (22)
2 (n = 35, 1 withdrew)	26 (74)	7 (20)
3 (n = 35)	26 (74)	8 (23)
4 (n = 34, 1 withdrew)	22 (65)	5 (14)
Sex
Female	15 (54)	5 (62)
Male	13 (46)	3 (38)
Professional role
Research and teaching	15 (54)	4 (50)
Teaching	4 (14)
Clinician	4 (14)
Researcher in EBP education	3 (11)	2 (25)
Other*	2 (7)	2 (25)
Professional discipline
Medicine	12 (43)	2 (25)
Nursing	4 (14)	1 (13)
Librarian	3 (11)	2 (25)
Social work/social science	2 (7)	1 (12)
Other*	7 (25)	2 (25)
Highest qualification
Doctorate	22 (79)	6 (75)
Medical Doctor	3 (11)
Masters	2 (7)	2 (25)
Honours	1 (3)
Experience
>10 years	27 (96)	7 (88)
5-10 years	1 (4)
<2 years		1 (12)
Country
United states	11 (39)	4 (50)
United Kingdom	5 (18)	2 (24)
Canada	5 (18)	1 (13)
Hong Kong	2 (7)
Australia	1 (4)	1 (13)
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland (1 each)	4 (14)

*other Professional roles = Public Health director (n = 2), Journal Editor (n = 2) and all of the above (n = 2).
*other Professional disciplines Clinical or Cognitive Psychologist, Public Health (n = 2), Academic Development, Epidemiologist, Information Science, Health Informatics, Statistician (n = 1).

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