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Table 2 Source and method for item selection of the included instruments (n = 104)1)

From: A comprehensive systematic review of the development process of 104 patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for physical activity in chronically ill and elderly people

Source and method for item selection

n

%

n

%

Selection with patient input

  

58

55.8%

   Patients quantitative

21

20.2%

  

   Patients qualitative

13

12.5%

  

   Patients qualitative and quantitative

6

5.8%

  

   Patients quantitative and experts qualitative

6

5.8%

  

   Patients and experts qualitative

5

4.8%

  

   Patients and experts quantitative

4

3.8%

  

   Patients and experts qualitative, patients quantitative

3

2.9%

  

Selection with expert input only

  

12

11.5%

   Qualitative

5

4.8%

  

   Quantitative

5

4.8%

  

   Quantitative and qualitative

2

1.9%

  

Not reported (n = 33) and N/A (n = 1)

  

34

32.7%

  1. 1) For data extraction details, please see Additional file 1