Consensus in Consensus that the outcome should be included in the core outcome set | Uncertainty about the importance of the outcome | Consensus out Consensus that the outcome should not be included in the core outcome set. |
70% or more participants in each stakeholder group scoring as 7–9 and fewer than 15% in each stakeholder group scoring as 1–3 | Any other scoring | 50% or fewer participants scoring it 7–9 in each stakeholder group |