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Table 4 List of variables included in the Delphi process as part of the ‘Notification Interview’ and score of consensus obtained in the two rounds of the survey with final priority category, decision of the medical sub-group and of the field testing results to preserve and final decision to include in the T0

From: Data collection for outbreak investigations: process for defining a minimal data set using a Delphi approach

Variable

Highest score (first round) (%)

Highest score (second round) (%)

Final priority category

Medical sub-group

Field testing

Included in the T0 form

Case ID number

100

NA

Essential

  

X

Date case reported

81.3

NA

Essential

  

X

Case reported by

43.8

35.3

NA

 

X

X

Name of reporting facility

68.8

41.2

Essential

  

X

Interviewer’s identification

31.3

35.3

NA

 

X

 

Interviewer’s organization

31.3

47.1

NA

 

X

X

Interview date

31.3

64.7

Essential

  

X

Name of person interviewed (if not the case)

37.5

35.3

NA

   

Relation of person interviewed to the case (if not the case)

31.3

35.3

NA