An item bank to measure health-related quality of life among young children (0-5-years-old) affected by respiratory illnesses – expert stakeholders and end-users from the Western Cape, South Africa

Table 1 Illustration of both the overall relevance of domains and the specific items within those domains by Delphi experts in round 1

	# of experts	# of domains/items in round	Relevance range^a	# of domains/items rated < 70%^b
Domains
0-1-years-old	18	7	67 − 89%	2 domains
2-3-years-old	18	7	89 − 94%	0 domains
4-5-years-old	18	7	83 − 100%	0 domains
HRQoL items	18	85	39-100%	41 Items

# = number of
^a Relevance range = number of participants who rated the domains and items as “Quite relevant”, “Highly relevant” and “Essential”
^b Domains and items rated as relevant by less than 70% of experts required revision

ISSN: 1477-7525