Participant characteristics (n=18)
| Age, median (IQR) | 47, 5 (42.3–51.8) |
| Age, range | 27–75 |
| Women, n (%) | 10 (56) |
| Participated in brainstorm, n (%) | 15 (83) |
| Participated in sorting/rating, n (%) | 15 (83) |
| Participated in validation, n (%) | 13 (72) |
| Participated in both sorting/rating and validation, n (%) | 11 (61) |
| Research experience, years, median (IQR) | 9, 5 (2.8–10.8) |
| Research experience, years, range | 1–44 |
| Type of research experience, n (%)* | |
| Literature or bibliographic | 2 (11) |
| Qualitative | 15 (83) |
| Quantitative | 11 (61) |
| Both qualitative and quantitative | 9 (50) |
| Employment, n (%)* | |
| Research assistant | 2 (11) |
| PhD student | 2 (11) |
| Post.doc. | 4 (22) |
| Research fellow | 2 (11) |
| Associate professor | 3 (17) |
| Professor | 1 (6) |
| Physician or MD | 6 (33) |
| Chaplain | 2 (22) |
*Some participants contribute to this statistic more than once, why the sum does not equal 100%.