Table 3.
Completeness of patient information in German electronic health records
| D | F | C | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Health Status |
0.60 |
0.77 |
0.46 |
|
| Disease, Symptom and Sign |
0.81 |
0.79 |
0.64 |
|
| Pregnancy-related activity |
0.16 |
0.38 |
0.06 |
|
| Neoplasm status |
0.75 |
0.79 |
0.59 |
|
| Disease stage |
0.25 |
0.45 |
0.11 |
|
| Allergy |
0.17 |
0.69 |
0.12 |
|
| Organ or tissue status |
0.74 |
0.82 |
0.61 |
|
| Life expectancy |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
|
Lifestyle Choice |
0.82 |
0.82 |
0.67 |
|
| Addictive behaviour |
0.90 |
0.82 |
0.74 |
|
| Diet |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
|
Treatment or Health Care |
0.57 |
0.44 |
0.25 |
|
| Pharmaceutical substance or drug |
0.35 |
0.17 |
0.06 |
|
| Therapy or surgery |
0.74 |
0.46 |
0.34 |
|
|
Diagnostic or lab test |
0.54 |
0.36 |
0.20 |
|
| Diagnostic or lab results |
0.54 |
0.36 |
0.20 |
|
|
Demographics |
0.85 |
0.91 |
0.77 |
|
| Age |
0.95 |
0.94 |
0.89 |
|
| Special patient characteristic |
0.33 |
0.76 |
0.25 |
|
| Literacy |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
| Gender |
1.00 |
0.89 |
0.89 |
|
|
Ethical Consideration |
0.08 |
0.71 |
0.06 |
|
| Consent |
0.06 |
0.50 |
0.03 |
|
| Enrolment in other studies |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
| Capacity |
0.16 |
0.76 |
0.12 |
|
| Patient preference |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
| Compliance with protocol |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
| Total | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.35 |
Detailed legend: D = fraction of documentable patient characteristics, i.e. at least one data element containing data on this characteristic was found, F = Average fraction of patients with any data documented in one of these data elements, C = average completeness of patient data for patient characteristics from the semantic category (C=DxF).