Difference between revisions of "IBID Demography"

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The IBID Demography data set gives a little background regarding patients living circumstances and Socio-Economic Class along with the general condition and body habitus. This gives a clear indication of the general health and well being of the patient before the episode or injury.

Fields with stars next to them are important and must be filled in wherever possible.

Living circumstances - Choose from drop down list

Socio Economic class - Choose as near as possible patients social status.

Occupation - This is a free text field, it will need to be filled in even though in some cases the patient may be retired or a child i.e Retired Accountant for example.

Earner occupation - This is a free text field, earner occupation is the occupation of the person who earns an income to support the household. In the case of a child it may be the parent's or guardians occupation.

Age - The age of the patient will be imported from the patients demographic page. For more information on patent demographics please follow link to Patient Demographics.

Height (m) - The patients height in meters.

Weight(kg) - The patients weight in Kilograms. The patients weight is a required values and will generate a validation error if not entered. For more information regarding Validation errors please follow link to Validation Errors.

BMI - Aquila will work out the patients BMI using the height and weight entered in the previous fields.

Body Habitus - Choose from drop down list of Thin, Medium, Overweight or Obese, to best describe the patients body type.

Once the IBID Demography filed have been filled in, a IBID Causation data set will need to be completed. For further information on IBID Causation please follow link to IBID Causation