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Table 2 Characteristics of Interview Participants

From: Development of a novel observer-reported outcome measure for the assessment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection symptoms in pediatric clinical trials

Characteristic

Concept Elicitation

N = 16a

Cognitive Debriefing Outpatient

N = 15a

Cognitive Debriefing Inpatient

N = 8

Mean participant age (range), years

33.9 (21-41)

29 (18-38)

35 (24-42)

Mean child age (range), months

5.5 (2-21)

11 (3-21)

9.9 (4-20)

Participant gender, n (%)

 Male

2 (12.5)

2 (13.3)

2 (25.0)

 Female

14 (87.5)

13 (86.7)

6 (75.0)

Child gender, n (%)

 Male

9 (56.3)

8 (53.3)

5 (62.5)

 Female

7 (43.8)

7 (46.7)

3 (37.5)

Participant education, n (%) a

 Less than high school

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 High school or equivalent

4 (25.0)

4 (26.7)

2 (25.0)

 Some college

1 (6.3)

5 (33.3)

0 (0.0)

 College degree

8 (50.0)

4 (26.7)

3 (37.5)

 Professional or advanced degree

2 (12.5)

1 (6.7)

3 (37.5)

Participant race, n (%)

 Asian

3 (18.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (12.5)

 Asian/White

2 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Black

1 (6.3)

2 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

 Black/White

0 (0.0)

1 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 White

10 (62.5)

12 (80.0)

7 (87.5)

Days from office visit to interview, median (range)

7 (1-15)

9 (2-20)

N/A

  1. Note: Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding
  2. N/A not applicable
  3. aOne participant did not provide an educational level