2.8 Bias
Expert opinion will always be influenced by biases such as personal experience, preferences, workplace exposure and relationships with the researchers.19 Attempts were made to minimise bias by recruiting participants who reflected some diversity in terms of practice area, research interest, language and experience in occupation-based hand therapy. We also requested participants to be honest in their responses, however, we acknowledge that expert bias may still have been present due to the small pool of experts available in this area.