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. 2026 Jun 16;13:1835046. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1835046

Table 2.

The competency framework for specialist nurses in outpatient dental sedation and anesthesia with corresponding weights derived from the analytic hierarchy process.

Delphi rounds Items Index (n) Kendall’s W Χ 2 p-value
Round 1 Primary indicators 4 0.468 36.184 <0.001
Secondary indicators 11 0.202 55.854 <0.001
Tertiary indicators 47 0.266 287.206 <0.001
Round 2 Primary indicators 4 0.479 33.624 <0.001
Secondary indicators 11 0.256 60.147 <0.001
Tertiary indicators 40 0.286 396.216 <0.001