Semiautomatic translation of medicine usage data (in Dutch, free-text) from Lifelines COVID-19 questionnaires to ATC codes

The mapping of human-entered data to codified data formats that can be analysed is a common problem across medical research and healthcare. To identify risk and protective factors for SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and COVID-19 severity, frequent questionnaires were sent out to participants of the Lifelines Cohort Study starting March 30, 2020. Because specific drugs were suspected COVID-19 risk factors, the questionnaires contained multiple-choice questions about commonly used drugs and open-ended questions to capture all other drugs used. To classify and evaluate the effects of those drugs and gr... Mehr ...