Table 1 Entities description. *Processing of sensitive data as ethnicity is subject to legal restrictions under general data protection regulation (GDPR), and its systematic collection or use for secondary research purposes is often not permitted, which restricts its structured availability. The country of birth is then often used as a substitute.
Entity type | Definition | Examples | Examples translated into English |
|---|---|---|---|
Living_Alone | The patient is described as living alone | Vit seul | Living alone |
Living_WithOthers | The patient is described as living with other people. This doesn’t include animals but includes nursing home | Vit avec sa soeur; Vit avec ses parents; Vit avec son épouse et ses enfants ; Vit en EHPAD | Lives with his/her sister; Lives with his/her parents; Lives with his wife and children; Lives in nursing home |
MaritalStatus_Single | The patient described as being single (i.e. no regular partner) | Célibataire sans enfant; Pas de conjoint; | Single without children; No partner |
MaritalStatus_InRelationship | The patient is described as married, registered partnership or with a regular partner | Mariée; Vit en concubinage; Vit avec sa compagne; Pacsé ; | Married ; Lives with partner; Lives with his girlfriend; Civil union |
MaritalStatus_Divorced | The patient is described as divorced or separated from is regular partner (except from non-regular partnership) | Divorcé; Plus de contact avec le père de ses enfants ; | Divorced; No more contact with the father of her children |
MaritalStatus_Widowed | The patient is described as widowed | Veuf; Veuve; | Widower, Widow |
Descendants_Yes | The patient has descendants | Deux filles; 1 fils adopté; Trois petits-enfants; Courses faites par sa fille | Two daughters; 1 adopted son; Three grandchildren; Shopping done by daughter |
Descendants_No | The patient has no descendants | Pas d’enfant; Sans enfant; Enceinte de son premier enfant ; | No children; Childless; Pregnant with first child ; |
Job | All the patient’s jobs, previous and actual | Courtier dans le textile ; Travaille dans le batiment; Soudeur | Textile broker; Construction worker; Welder |
Last_job | The patient’s latest job | ||
Employment_Working | Any documentation that the patient is currently working. It includes short/finite period of time off from work as sick leave, sabbatical, maternity leave or only information about job | Travaille toujours; En reconversion professionnelle ; Agent de ménage ; Maître d’œuvre ; | Still working; Retraining; Housekeeper; Prime contractor ; |
Employment_Unemployed | The patient is described as unemployed | Vient de terminer son CDD ; Il est au chômage | Has just finished his fixed-term contract; He is unemployed |
Employment_Student | The patient is described as a student | Actuellement lycéen; … en première année de BTS ; Patient étudiant | Currently in high school; … in first year of associated degree ; Student patient |
Employment_Pensioner | The patient is described as pensioner. It also includes mentions such as “former” + job references, without explicit mention of pensioner | Retraité; A la retraite; Ancien magasinier | Retired; Retired; Former warehouseman |
Employment_Other | The patient is not described with previous employment labels nor job. This entity describes other employment situations: unclear work status without temporality, disability, long sick leave, irregular situation, housewife, volunteer work, etc | Il a été courtier dans le textile ; Elle a travaillé comme dentiste ; Travailleur handicapé et ne travaille plus depuis 2011 ; En invalidité ; Mère au foyer ; | He was a textile broker; She worked as a dentist; Disabled worker and hasn’t worked since 2011; On disability; Housewife ; |
Entity type | Definition | Examples | Examples translated into English |
|---|---|---|---|
Alcohol | The alcohol use is annotated as an event. Only the trigger anchor is annotated here. The status of alcohol use (current, past, none) is annotated through a relationship with the StatusTime entity | Alcool; Ethylisme; CAD; OH; Intoxication ethylique | Alcohol; Ethylism; CAD; OH; Ethyl intoxication |
Tobacco | The tobacco use is annotated as an event. Only the trigger anchor is annotated here. The status of tobacco use (current, past, none) is annotated through a relationship with the StatusTime entity | Tabac; Tabagisme ; Consommation tabagique | Tobacco; Smoking; Tobacco consumption |
Drug | The drug use is annotated as an event. Only the trigger anchor is annotated here. The status of drug use (current, past, none) is annotated through a relationship with the StatusTime entity | Héroïne en fumette; Cannabis; drogue | Heroin smoking; Cannabis; Drugs |
Housing_Yes | The patient is described as having a housing stability | Habite à Nantes; Pas d’aides à domicile ; Vit dans une maison | Lives in Nantes; No home help; Lives in a house |
Housing_No | The patient is described as having a housing instability | Sans domicile fixe; Hébergé chez des tiers | Homeless; Living with a third party |
PhysicalActivity_Yes | The patient is described as exercising regularly | Fait du vélo; Marche 30 min par jour | Cycling; Walking 30 min a day |
PhysicalActivity_No | The patient is described as not exercising regularly | Marche avec une canne, sort peu ; Pas d’activité sportive ; Sédentaire ; Performance status 3 | Walks with a cane, goes out little; No sports activity; Sedentary; Performance status 3 |
Income | Any documentation about patient’s financial resources. It includes social aids | RSA; AAH; | Active solidarity income; Disabled adult allowance |
Education | Any documentation about patient’s education | Certificat d’étude; BTS Informatique; Licence en droit | Certificate of Study; Associate degree in Computer Science; Bachelor’s Degree in Law |
Ethnicity* | The patient’s country of birth | Originaire du Maroc; Originaire d’Érythrée | From Morocco ; From Eritrea |
StatusTime | The status of substance consumption (alcohol, tobacco and drug). An attribute is associated to this entity with possibles values: current, past, none | Ne consomme pas d’alcool | No alcohol |
History | Any date of occurrence of an event | Il y a 8 ans; Il a arrêté depuis 3 ans | 8 years ago; He stopped 3 years ago |
Duration | Any exposure duration (to substance use, house instability, etc.) | Il a fumé pendant 20 ans. | He smoked for 20 years. |
Amount | Any amount related to SDoH, such as Descendants or substance use | 20 paquets de cigarettes; 3 verres de vin; 2 enfants; | 20 packs of cigarettes; 3 glasses of wine; 2 children; |
Frequency | Any frequency related to SDoH, such as physical activity or substance use | Par jour; par mois; occasionnellement | Daily; monthly; occasionally |
Type | Specify certain broad entities to get fine-grained details, such as the type of descendants, the type of drugs or alcohol used | Enfants; petits-enfants; vin; bière ; cigarette ; cocaine ; cannabis | Children; grandchildren; wine; beer; cigarettes; cocaine; cannabis |
