The first research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe

Table 5 Consensus items identified during the Delphi process ranked hierarchically in order of importance

Rank	Important		Voted most important item (%)¹
1	Cost-effectiveness/economic evaluations		34
2	Identification of subgroups likely to respond to treatment		17
3	Initiation and promotion of collaborative research efforts		10
4	Promotion of chiropractors to obtain PhD’s		5
5		i. Dose response and frequency of treatment	2
		ii. Biopsychosocial variables as predictors of outcome	0
		iii. Anatomical &/or neurophysiological basis of chiropractic treatment on MSK pain	7
8	Effects and response of treatment on function and performance		0
9	Establishing clinical research networks throughout Europe		5
10	Prevention of MSK pain in primary and secondary care		7
11	Effects and response of treatment on quality of life		2
12	Effects and response of treatment on MSK pain		5
13	Clinical findings as predictors of outcome		0
14		i. Treatment and effects in adolescents	2
		ii. Prognostic research on the clinical course of MSK pain	0
16	Treatment and effects in a working population, prevention in injured workers		2
17		i. Long-term effects of treatment	0
		ii. Treatment and effects in geriatrics	0
19	Prevalence, incidence and prevention of MSK conditions in a working population		0

Abbreviations: MSK musculoskeletal.
¹Percentage of the participants that voted the given consensus item as most important (i.e. number one priority).
Note: No items were found to be unimportant or of uncertain importance. Items that are indented received equal numbers of votes.

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