Modeling biomedical burdens in basic formal ontology
Modeling biomedical burdens in basic formal ontology
The term "biomedical burden" refers to a number of types of burden that have been discussed in the medical literature. This includes the burdens that stem from the presence of disease (e.g., disease burden and symptom burden), as well as the burden associated with healthcare interventions (e.g., treatment burden and side-effect burden). The present paper describes an ontology of biomedical burdens that uses Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) as an upper-level ontology. The ontology provides support for the representation of burden-related cognitions, the classification of burden types, and the representation of burdensome situations. The ontology also captures our current theoretical understanding of burden, thereby serving as the basis for future analytic and definitional work.
Basic Formal Ontology, Medical Ontology, Treatment Burden, Symptom Burden, Ontology
Smart, Paul
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Fair, Nic
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Boniface, Michael
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Smart, Paul
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Fair, Nic
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Boniface, Michael
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Smart, Paul, Fair, Nic and Boniface, Michael
(2024)
Modeling biomedical burdens in basic formal ontology.
15th International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Ontology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
17 - 19 Jul 2024.
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Abstract
The term "biomedical burden" refers to a number of types of burden that have been discussed in the medical literature. This includes the burdens that stem from the presence of disease (e.g., disease burden and symptom burden), as well as the burden associated with healthcare interventions (e.g., treatment burden and side-effect burden). The present paper describes an ontology of biomedical burdens that uses Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) as an upper-level ontology. The ontology provides support for the representation of burden-related cognitions, the classification of burden types, and the representation of burdensome situations. The ontology also captures our current theoretical understanding of burden, thereby serving as the basis for future analytic and definitional work.
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 June 2024
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15th International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Ontology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 2024-07-17 - 2024-07-19
Keywords:
Basic Formal Ontology, Medical Ontology, Treatment Burden, Symptom Burden, Ontology
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Paul Smart
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Nic Fair
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