Table IV.
Performance of asthma guideline element extraction on the test set (document-level, N= 315 documents).
| Guideline element | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Number of documents |
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| Asthma Control | |||||
| Daytime asthma symptoms (with frequency) | 0.96 (0.89) | 0.99 (0.99) | 0.99 (0.95) | 0.96 (0.97) | 154 (64) |
| Nighttime asthma symptoms (with frequency) | 0.98 (0.85) | 0.99 (0.99) | 0.99 (0.94) | 0.99 (0.99) | 85 (20) |
| Activity limitations | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 70 |
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| Factors associated with level of control | |||||
| Medication compliance | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 102 |
| Inhaler technique | 0.82 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 38 |
| Allergy/irritant assessment | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 111 |
| Smoking status | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 21 |
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| Medications | |||||
| Rescue medication | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 213 |
| Maintenance medication | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 173 |