Table 5

Overview of Delphi consensus results

No.	Question	Round 1			Round 2
No.	Question	% agreement	Any disagreement?	Consensus criteria met?	% agreement	Satisfactory agreement?
1	The information is laid out in a coherent manner that supports clinical consultation	77	Yes	No	83	Yes
2	Using patient quotes is an engaging way to make the content clinically meaningful	86	Yes	No	85	Yes
3	Navigation of the resource is straightforward	79	Yes	No	77	Yes
4*	The theory and evidence page contains a satisfactory amount of educational information	85	No	Yes	82	Yes
5	Presenting the options ‘no minutes consultation’, ‘2 min consultation’, and ‘more minutes consultation’ is a useful approach for the busy clinician	94	No	Yes
6	The menu page makes it clear what to expect from the resource	77	Yes	No	77	Yes
7	The ‘no minutes consultation’ contains the most important messages for a healthcare professional to share in a very short space of time	85	No	Yes
8	The ‘no minutes consultation’ page includes an appropriate amount of information	85	Yes	No	75	Yes
9	The ‘2 min consultation’ contains appropriate information	91	No	Yes
10	Covering these objectives is achievable in a 2 min consultation	80	Yes	No	77	Yes
11†	The subheadings of the more minutes consultation (ask, share benefits, explain how it works, address concerns, plan and next steps) clearly signpost the content of each page	91	No	Yes	87	Yes
12	The four questions provide useful prompts for eliciting a patient-focused physical activity history	91	No	Yes
13	The ‘physical activity vital sign’ is a useful screening tool for a brief intervention in physical activity	83	Yes	No	78	Yes
14	It is useful to present symptom reduction as primary benefits and prevention of further morbidity as secondary benefits	87	No	Yes
15	It is necessary to display individual references at the bottom of the benefits page in addition to a clear link through to an explanation of the evidence with references on the ‘evidence and theory’ page	82	Yes	No	83	Yes
16	The positive/negative cycle of activity graphics will help healthcare professionals explain to their patients how physical activity will benefit their symptoms	91	No	Yes
17	This information is presented in a clinically meaningful way	79	Yes	No	85	Yes
18	Key safety messages, such as addressing cardiac risk, are adequately addressed and explained	86	No	Yes
19	This is a logical sequence of questions to support individualised physical activity prescription	82	Yes	No	87	Yes
20	‘Building activity into all aspects of daily life’ is an appropriate premise on which to base physical activity prescription	95	No	Yes
21	‘General Practice, the local social prescribing network, and county sports partnerships’ are important organisations to signpost for further support	83	Yes	No	77	Yes
22	Do you have any suggestions for other national physical activity providers or resources we should signpost?	Freetext response
23	Please arrange the following by the importance of including them in a patient information leaflet – drag and drop each component to your preferred position	Free-text response
24	Do you have any recommendations/comments for the patient information section?	Free-text response			Freetext response
25	The general ‘look and feel’ of the designed pages make the resource:
	(A) Credible	81	Yes	No	83	Yes
	(B) Distinctive	82	Yes	No	81	Yes
	(C) Inclusive	79	Yes	No	59	No
	(D) Energetic	82	Yes	No	81	Yes
26	The design helps discriminate between different types of information, for example, core content and patient quotes	81	Yes	No	82	Yes
27	The design helps prioritise information	87	Yes	No	82	Yes

Statements meeting consensus criteria are coloured green and statements not meeting agreement are coloured red.
*Question 4 was included in round 2 despite meeting agreement criteria because we changed the mechanism for delivering the evidence statements.
†Question 11 was asked again in round 2 despite meeting agreement criteria because the subheadings changed.