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Table 3 Overview of prompts used to facilitate workshops

From: Ensuring young voices are heard in core outcome set development: international workshops with 70 children and young people

1. Both Delphi survey and consensus meeting group prompts

• What would you think if you were asked to take part?

• What might gain your interest in taking part in a core outcome set study?

• How easy would you find it to talk about outcomes?

• Are there better ways of collecting the views of children and young people on outcomes of importance?

• How could the method (Delphi survey or consensus meeting) be improved?

• What specific considerations should we be aware of for children and young people?

2. Delphi survey – specific discussion group prompts

• What information would be helpful?

• What do you think about how the information is presented? Website, scoring, feedback.

• What would you think about having to consider the outcomes and score them?

• What would you think about voting on an outcome you may not have had experience of?

• What do you think about having to complete the survey two or three times? What would keep you engaged between surveys?

• What do you think about considering the feedback on votes from other stakeholders?

• How would you feel about rescoring? How would you feel about being asked why you had rescored?

3. Consensus meeting – specific discussion group prompts

• What do you think happens at a meeting and what would you like to happen?

• What would encourage or discourage you to go? Worries/concerns?

• What would help you to prepare for the meeting? Pre-meeting useful?

• Format of meeting – Who should be there (i.e. stakeholder groups)? Pros and cons of options. Where should people sit (e.g. mixed or separate groups of children, young people and parents)?

• What do you think about the voting system? Suggestions?

• What do you think about considering the feedback on votes from other stakeholders? How would you feel about rescoring?

• What might reassure you that your opinion was really important at that meeting?