Citation

Aalipour E, Ghazisaeedi M, Sedighi Moghadam MR, Shahmoradi L, Mousavi B, Beigy H. J. Family Med. Prim. Care 2020; 9(6): 2995-3004.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_261_20

PMID

32984162 PMCID

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There are many people who are suffering from a variety of physical and mental illnesses due to the chemical attacks. There are various technologies such as recommender systems that can identify the main concerns related to health and make efforts to address them. To design and develop a recommender system, preparation of data source of this system should be considered. The aim of this study was to determine the minimum data set for user profile or user's electronic health record in chemical warfare victims' recommender system.

Methods: This applied descriptive, cross-sectional study which was conducted in 2017. A questionnaire was developed by the authors from the data elements that were collected using the data extraction form from the studied sources. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by using the experts. Test-retest method was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient was confirmed as 84%. The questionnaire were submitted for related experts based on Delphi method by email or in person. Data resulting from the Delphi technique with descriptive statistics methods in SPSS software were analyzed.

Results: Forty-seven nonclinical data elements and 181 clinical data elements were classified.

Conclusion: Determining minimum data set of user profile or electronic health record in the recommender system for chemical warfare victims helps the health authorities to implement the recommender system which demonstrates chemical warfare victims' needs.

Language: en

Keywords

Chemical warfare victim; minimum data set; recommender system