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Table 5: Time investments for phase 2; guideline development
Guideline development groups and number of participants
Mean percentage of participation in regular meetings
(number of meetings)
Median hours spent per participant in regular meetings (range)
Total hoursa spent in regular meetings per development group
Total hours in
Median extra hours per participant (range)
Total extra hoursb per development group
Total hoursc in the development phase
MoG: General infertility; n = 7
92 (10) 85 (10) 94 (8) 88 (5) 77 (11)
40 (22.5–50) 47 (18–72) 24 (12–56) 30 (10–35) 30 (21–55)
258
7 (1) 15 (3) 8 (2) -
58 (40–60) 58 (50–60) 39 (18–50) 48 (46–50) 31 (2–51)
348
613
MoG: Unexplained infertility; n = 6
240
290
545
MoG: Male infertility; n = 6
135
195
338
MoG: Semen analysis; n = 5
132
192
324
MuG; n = 11
254
38 (10)
310
602
Subtotal
1019
68
1335
2422
Steering committee n= 7
87 (11)
25 (15–77)
152
39 (4)
15 (3–52)
90
281
Project coordinatorc
1794 c
1794 c
Total
1171
107
3219
4497
MoG = Monodisciplinary guideline, MuG = multidisciplinary guideline.
Regular meetings are meetings necessary for the development of the guidelines.
Additional meetings are meetings necessary for discussing and re ning the consistency of the guidelines.
Extra time investments are the hours participants needed to formulate key questions, review, select and assess evidence, write, alignment of the guidelines and manage Wikifreya.
aTotal hours for regular meetings are corrected for questionnaire non-responders (mean participation rate x number of meetings bTotal extra hours are corrected for questionnaire non-responders [(number of participants per development group-1) x median c e project coordinator’s meeting hours are included per development group; his extra hours are given separately.
review and revise dra guidelines, secure
additional meetings
(number of participants)
x median time investments). extra time per participant].