Editing Delphi method (section)

==== Reporting guidelines====
Use of the Delphi method in the development of guidelines for the reporting of health research<ref name=Moher2010>{{cite journal | vauthors = Moher D, Schulz KF, Simera I, Altman DG | title = Guidance for developers of health research reporting guidelines | journal = PLOS Medicine | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = e1000217 | date = February 2010 | pmid = 20169112 | pmc = 2821895 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000217 | doi-access = free }}</ref> is recommended, especially for experienced developers.<ref name="EQUATOR">{{cite web |title=Developing your reporting guideline |url=https://www.equator-network.org/toolkits/developing-a-reporting-guideline/developing-your-reporting-guideline/ |website=www.equator-network.org |publisher=[[EQUATOR Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929172737/https://www.equator-network.org/toolkits/developing-a-reporting-guideline/developing-your-reporting-guideline/ |archive-date=29 September 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> Since this advice was made in 2010, two systematic reviews have found that fewer than 30% of published reporting guidelines incorporated Delphi methods into the development process.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wang X, Chen Y, Yang N, Deng W, Wang Q, Li N, Yao L, Wei D, Chen G, Yang K | display-authors = 6 | title = Methodology and reporting quality of reporting guidelines: systematic review | journal = BMC Medical Research Methodology | volume = 15 | issue = 74 | pages = 74 | date = September 2015 | pmid = 26395179 | pmc = 4579604 | doi = 10.1186/s12874-015-0069-z | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Banno M, Tsujimoto Y, Kataoka Y | title = The majority of reporting guidelines are not developed with the Delphi method: a systematic review of reporting guidelines | journal = Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | volume = 124 | pages = 50–57 | date = August 2020 | pmid = 32302679 | doi = 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.04.010 | s2cid = 215809096 }}</ref>