Identifying Clinical Issues for a Modified Delphi-Based Clinical Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertigo/Dizziness in Children: Chinese Practice.
4 affiliations
- 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
- 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
- 3Division of Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute Stockholm Sweden.
- 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University National Center for Children's Health Beijing China.
Abstract
The aim was to use a modified Delphi procedure to identify clinical issues to be included in the guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of vertigo/dizziness in children based on Chinese practice. Sixty-five experts in the field of childhood dizziness were invited to participate in two-round surveys. The first-round survey (Survey One) was used to collect as many clinical issues as possible. The second-round survey (Survey Two) required the experts to rate the importance of the issues. The final confirmation of the identified clinical issues was completed via a core expert panel voting. Over 90% of experts responded to both rounds. After Survey One, 27 clinical issues were presented to the expert panel for importance rating in Survey Two. According to the modified Delphi inclusion criteria, 19 clinical issues were selected after the two rounds. In the core expert panel voting session, 12 clinical issues (8 diagnostic issues and 4 treatment issues) were finally identified. A Chinese expert panel reached consensus on 12 clinical issues that warrant further investigation in the under-researched area of diagnosis and treatment of vertigo/dizziness in children based on Chinese practice.
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BibTeX
@article{wang2026identifying,
title = {{Identifying Clinical Issues for a Modified Delphi-Based Clinical Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertigo/Dizziness in Children: Chinese Practice.}},
author = {Wei Wang and Su-Lin Zhang and Mao-Li Duan and Jie Zhang and Yu-Lian Jin and Jun Yang},
journal = {World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.1002/wjo2.70186},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997177},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Identifying Clinical Issues for a Modified Delphi-Based Clinical Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertigo/Dizziness in Children: Chinese Practice.
AU - Wei Wang
AU - Su-Lin Zhang
AU - Mao-Li Duan
AU - Jie Zhang
AU - Yu-Lian Jin
AU - Jun Yang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/06
JO - World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery
DO - 10.1002/wjo2.70186
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997177
AB - The aim was to use a modified Delphi procedure to identify clinical issues to be included in the guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of vertigo/dizziness in children based on Chinese practice. Sixty-five experts in the field of childhood dizziness were invited to participate in two-round surveys. The first-round survey (Survey One) was used to collect as many clinical issues as possible. The second-round survey (Survey Two) required the experts to rate the importance of the issues. The final confirmation of the identified clinical issues was completed via a core expert panel voting. Over 90% of experts responded to both rounds. After Survey One, 27 clinical issues were presented to the expert panel for importance rating in Survey Two. According to the modified Delphi inclusion criteria, 19 clinical issues were selected after the two rounds. In the core expert panel voting session, 12 clinical issues (8 diagnostic issues and 4 treatment issues) were finally identified. A Chinese expert panel reached consensus on 12 clinical issues that warrant further investigation in the under-researched area of diagnosis and treatment of vertigo/dizziness in children based on Chinese practice.
SN - 2095-8811
SN - 2589-1081
ER -