Characteristics of study registrants and participants and their organisation
| ADAPTE users' role in their organisation* | Registered on the ADAPTE website % (n) | Participants in the ADAPTE study % (n) |
| Medical specialist | 32 (105) | 30 (43) |
| General practitioner (Family doctor) | 10 (33) | 9 (13) |
| Epidemiologist/public health physician | 23 (76) | 21 (30) |
| Methodologist | 23 (75) | 23 (33) |
| Health service research expert | 20 (67) | 17 (24) |
| Pharmacist | 3 (9) | 2 (3) |
| Nurse | 9 (31) | 8 (12) |
| Professionals allied to medicine | 8 (27) | 5 (7) |
| Other | 9 (31) | 10 (14) |
| Type of organisation* | ||
| Academic/research institution | 42 (140) | 43 (62) |
| Healthcare institution, hospital, network | 31 (102) | 28 (41) |
| Government agency | 20 (66) | 20 (29) |
| Professional association/agency | 15 (50) | 15 (22) |
| Private non profit organisation | 13 (42) | 13 (19) |
| Ministry | 6 (19) | 4 (6) |
| Pharmaceutical/device/medical industry | 1.5 (5) | 1 (1) |
| Other | 5 (16) | 5 (16) |
| Coverage/authority of the organisation* | ||
| Local/regional | 29 (95) | 22 (32) |
| Provincial/state | 27 (90) | 26 (41) |
| National | 52 (173) | 56 (80) |
| International | 16 (52) | 11 (16) |
| Number of CPG produced by the organisation during the last 5 years | ||
| None | 25 (82) | 30 (43) |
| One to five | 41 (134) | 36 (52) |
| Six to ten | 9 (30) | 9 (13) |
| More than ten | 25 (84) | 25 (36) |
| n=330 | n=144 | |
↵* More than one possible answer per question, except for ‘Number of CPG produced by the organisation’.