The aim of consultation round 5 was to measure
the consensus on the refined content amongst the
AHA membership and explore options for implementation
and application of the AHA guidelines
once complete (Table 1). This process included small
face-to-face group discussions at the AHA Summit
in 2012, each facilitated by an EWG Member. The
content was validated using an adapted version of
the questionnaire which was completed by each
group. Consultation round 5 did not include a
review of the introduction content, hence questions
related to the introduction were excluded from the
questionnaire; otherwise the questions were the
same as those in the questionnaire employed for
consultation rounds 4 and 6.