Development and application of the ocular immune-mediated inflammatory diseases ontology enhanced with synonyms from online patient support forum conversation.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Unstructured text created by patients represents a rich, but relatively inaccessible resource for advancing patient-centred care. This study aimed to develop an ontology for ocular immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (OcIMIDo), as a tool to facilitate data extraction and analysis, illustrating its application to online patient support forum data.

Authors

  • Samantha C Pendleton
    Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Electronic address: SCP887@student.bham.ac.uk.
  • Karin Slater
    Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
  • Andreas Karwath
    Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Health Data Research, UK.
  • Rose M Gilbert
    Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK.
  • Nicola Davis
    Olivia's Vision, Southampton Buildings, London, UK.
  • Konrad Pesudovs
    School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Australia.
  • Xiaoxuan Liu
    Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation University of Birmingham Birmingham Reino Unido Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Reino Unido.
  • Alastair K Denniston
    Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research Institute of Applied Health Research University of Birmingham Birmingham Reino Unido Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Reino Unido.
  • Georgios V Gkoutos
    Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Centre for Computational Biology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; MRC Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), London, United Kingdom; NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Tasanee Braithwaite
    University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK; The Medical Eye Unit, St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.