Table 2 Voting scores for the 17 outcome domains that met the criterion for inclusion. Bold font denotes the three core outcome domains. For plain language definitions of the outcome domains, see table, Additional file 1
Outcome domain name | e-Delphi Round 2 scoring (number and percentage of participants that scored 7–9 ‘critically important’) | Consensus meeting scoring | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare users | Healthcare professionals | Clinical researchers | Commercial representatives | ||
Domain category: factors related to the treatment being tested | |||||
Treatment satisfaction | 60 (87%) | 105 (91%) | 31 (79%) | 7 (100%) | 92.2% agreed to exclude |
Device usage | 48 (72%) | 93 (81%) | 28 (74%) | 5 (71%) | 25% agreed to include |
Device malfunction | 46 (72%) | 83 (72%) | 28 (74%) | 5 (71%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Domain category: health-related quality of life | |||||
Avoiding social situations | 61 (85%) | 108 (93%) | 34 (89%) | 7 (100%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Impact on social situations | 63 (89%) | 109 (96%) | 32 (84%) | 7 (100%) | 100% agreed to include |
Impact on work | 50 (76%) | 110 (96%) | 33 (87%) | 7 (100%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Domain category: hearing disability | |||||
Being aware of a sound | 64 (89%) | 101 (88%) | 32 (80%) | 7 (100%) | 25% agreed to include |
Listening in complex situations | 72 (100%) | 108 (94%) | 37 (93%) | 7 (100%) | 58% agreed to include |
Listening in reverberant conditions | 70 (97%) | 86 (75%) | 29 (73%) | 6 (86%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Group conversation in quiet | 55 (76%) | 92 (80%) | 32 (80%) | 6 (86%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
One-to-one conversation in general noise | 68 (96%) | 103 (90%) | 35 (88%) | 7 (100%) | 25% agreed to include |
Group conversations in noisy social situations | 71 (100%) | 105 (91%) | 35 (88%) | 6 (86%) | 83.3% agreed to include |
Domain category: other effects | |||||
Listening effort | 60 (83%) | 107 (92%) | 33 (85%) | 7 (100%) | 66.7% agreed to include |
Domain category: physical effects | |||||
Physical tiredness | 56 (79%) | 94 (82%) | 30 (77%) | 7 (100%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Domain category: self | |||||
Personal safety | 56 (79%) | 102 (89%) | 31 (82%) | 7 (100%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Domain category: spatial hearing | |||||
Sound localisation | 66 (92%) | 94 (82%) | 36 (92%) | 7 (100%) | 83.3% agreed to exclude |
Spatial orientation | 62 (86%) | 86 (75%) | 33 (85%) | 6 (86%) | 100% agreed to include |