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Develop joint guideline for GPs and gynaecologists concerning endometriosis
Develop decision aid/diagnostics aid for patients and GPs to use during consultation
Domain “miscellaneous”
Introduce layman’s term for endometriosis
Develop website with information for women with abdominal complaints
Develop website with detailed information and literature for medical professionals
Develop online community with option to interact with professional
Develop mobile device application to record symptoms
Introduce gynaecology internship for general practice trainees
Put endometriosis on the agenda at government/politics
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# Selected by subgroups patients and other professionals * Selected by subgroup gynaecologists
$ Selected by subgroup general practitioners
Delphi round three
In the third Delphi round, 66 out of 81 (81.5%) members of the expert panel completed the online questionnaire. The response rates were 88.5% for patients and 78.2% for professionals. A majority of the panel members (63/66, 95.5%) agreed with the preliminary selection of interventions from the first two rounds. The three panel members who did not agree with the preliminary set of interventions were all professionals (one GP, one gynaecologist and one other professional). They provided an explanation for their disagreement but this did not lead to a change in the composition of the set because of the limited number of disagreeing experts. Forty-four panel members selected an additional intervention to the preliminary set. Data analysis resulted in the selection of two of these interventions into the final set of recommendations: “Increase post academic education for other medical specialists” and
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