文字挖掘口头尸检叙述,以提取死亡原因和使用自然语言处理最常见的疾病
Michael Tonderai Mapundu1, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula1,2, Eustasius Musenge1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
PloS one
|September 19, 2024
概括
口头尸检叙述的文本挖掘揭示了常见的死亡原因,如发烧和吐,以及艾滋病毒,结核病和糖尿病等流行疾病在阿金科特HDSS人口中. 这有助于公共卫生干预.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在资源有限的环境中,口头尸检 (VA) 叙述对于死亡原因的记录至关重要.
- 从非结构化VA数据中有效地提取健康见解仍然是一个挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用先进的文本挖掘技术,从VA叙述中提取死亡原因和流行疾病.
- 提高对阿金库特卫生和人口监测站点 (HDSS) 死亡率的潜在健康问题的理解.
主要方法:
- 从Agincourt HDSS. 的 16,338个VA观察 (1993-2015) 的回顾性分析.
- 整合n-gram处理,隐性迪里克莱特分配 (LDA) 和BERTopic用于文本挖掘.
- 方法包括数据采集,预处理,特征提取和话题细分.
主要成果:
- 确定的死亡原因:吐,胸部/胃部疼痛,发烧,咳,减肥,低能耗,头痛.
- 发现的流行疾病:艾滋病毒,结核病,腹,癌症,神经系统疾病,疟疾,糖尿病,高血压,慢性疾病,产妇死亡和与意外有关的死亡.
结论:
- 新的文本挖掘方法为死亡原因和流行疾病提供了宝贵的见解.
- 发现可以为诊断管道提供信息,改善干预计划,并加强初级医疗保健服务.
- 这项研究有助于制定更好的公共卫生战略,并可能增加预期寿命.
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