Table 2C.

Environmental factors named by CF-SIG participants.

Environmental FactorFlip ChartIndividual Written InputBoth
Experience, researcherX
Experience of health providerX
Pooling patients into multicenter trialsX
Study design characteristicsX
Proxy vs patient response, mode of data administration (paper, online, phone)X
Assessor experienceX
Type of healthcareX
Availability of medicationX
Access to careX
Concomitant medicationX
Job demandsX
MicrobioticsX
Behavioral interventionX
Experience of researcherX
Shared decision makingX
  • Factors in bold face have been nominated by individual SIG participants in the written SIG CF questionnaire as candidate core CF. CF: contextual factors; SIG: Special Interest Group.