Good Clinical Approach: Delphi Consensus for the Use of Betahistine in Menière’s Disease

Table 6

Results of the Consensus Conference on the use of betahistine related to gender and age. 1 = absolutely disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = more than agree, and 5 = absolutely agree. Consensus was reached when the sum of items 1 and 2 or 3, 4, and 5 reached 66%. Same asterisk convention.

	1	2	3	4	5
You think that the best results can be obtained:
1. In a female patient	14%	59%	24%	0%	3%
	73		27
2. In a male patient	14%	63%	19%	3%	1%
	77		23
3. In a patient younger than 20	9%	69%	17%	3%	3%
	77		23
4. In patients aged 20 - 40	9%	53%	29%	9%	1%
	61		39
5. In patients aged 41 - 65	7%	49%	36%	1%	7%
	56		44
6. In patients older than 65	9%	52%	26%	7%	6%
	61		39
7. At all ages, indifferently	4%	16%	29%	26%	26%
	20		80