Applying natural language processing to understand symptoms among older adult home healthcare patients with urinary incontinence.

Journal: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the range and frequency of symptoms among older adult home healthcare patients with urinary incontinence, as this information is predominantly contained in clinical notes. Natural language processing can uncover symptom information among older adults with urinary incontinence to promote holistic, equitable care.

Authors

  • Danielle Scharp
    Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY.
  • Jiyoun Song
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
  • Mollie Hobensack
    Columbia University School of Nursing, United States. Electronic address: mxh2000@cumc.columbia.edu.
  • Mary Happel Palmer
    University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
  • Veronica Barcelona
    School of Nursing, Columbia University, 560 West 168th St, Mail Code 6, New York, NY, 10032, USA. vb2534@cumc.columbia.edu.
  • Maxim Topaz
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.