Identifying Which Adverse Events Associated With Dry Needling Should be Included For Informed Consent: A Modified e-Delphi Study

"This study involves the use of questionnaires across 3 rounds as follows:~The objectives of round 1 are to collect participant demographic information and generate a list of adverse events. Round 1 will be open for 3 weeks with email reminders being provided at weeks 1 and 2.~The objectives of round 2 will be to share a list of adverse events generated from round 1 (with the addition of adverse events identified in literature if not generated in round 1) and allow participants to rate from 1-4 how important each item is for inclusion on informed consent. As per round 1, the round 2 questionnaire will remain active for 3 weeks with email reminders sent at weeks 1 and 2.~The objective of round 3 is to further gain consensus on adverse events from the results of round 2 where agreement was not reached. Round 3 remains active for 3 weeks with email reminders sent at weeks 1 and 2."