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Table 1 Item generation process

From: IDentification of patients in need of general and specialised PALLiative care (ID-PALL©): item generation, content and face validity of a new interprofessional screening instrument

Development steps

Item selection

Results

Step 2: generate a set of items

Initial set 1 of items (first author)

41 items:

21 from GSF, SPICT and NECPAL©

17 from other instruments and expert recommendations

3 different ‘surprise’ questions

Initial set 2 of items (CICE)

43 items:

32 items selected from the initial set

11 new items added from the CICE clinical experience

Categorisation of second set of items (CICE)

Two part instrument:

25 items for general PC

18 items for specialised PC

Step 3: review of initial set of items

Delphi round 1 (expert panel)

5 items:

3 items for general PC

2 items for specialised PC

Delphi round 2 (expert panel)

13 items:

7 items for general PC

6 items for specialised PC

Delphi round 3 (expert panel)

Two lists of items

7 items for general PC

8 items for specialised PC