Table 2.
Data categories in the Delphi process
| Data categories | Data Sections | Number of data elements | First round of Delphi | Second round of Delphi | Final number of data elements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <50% | 50-75% | 75%< | <50% | 50-75% | 75%< | ||||
| Administrative data | Demographic | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Provider ID | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Diagnostic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Historical data | Social history | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Oral hygiene history | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Family history | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Past disease history | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Para clinical indicators | Radiography | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Laboratory | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Clinical indicators | Ulcerative, vesicular, and bullous lesions | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Red and white lesions of the oral mucosa | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | |
| Pigmented lesions of the oral mucosa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| Benign lesions of the oral cavity and the jaws | 20 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |
| Oral and oropharyngeal cancer | 25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | |
| Salivary gland diseases | 23 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 186 | 11 | 29 | 146 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 168 | |