Automated Identification of Yellow Flags and Their Signal Terms in Physiotherapeutic Consultation Transcripts

Joep Wegstapel, Thymen den Hartog, Mick Sneekes, Bart Staal, Ellis van der Scheer-Horst, Sandra van Dulmen, Sjaak Brinkkemper

2023

Abstract

This paper investigates the possibility of automating the process of identifying yellow flags and their signal terms in physiotherapeutic consultation transcripts from patients with low back pain, using Automated Text Identification. It is part of the Automated Medical Reporting research domain. In physiotherapy focused on low back pain, yellow flags are considered psycho-social predictors of poor recovery and risk factors for chronic disability development. This paper uses a 6-step mixed method approach. Consultation transcripts and yellow flag assessment guidelines were collected, an automated identification tool was built and the OSPRO assessment guideline was used to test the tool for accuracy. It was found that it is possible to identify Yellow Flags and their Signal Terms automatically with the tool developed in this experiment. However, this is just the beginning, and much more research must be done in the future to further enhance the tool, mainly to improve precision.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wegstapel J., den Hartog T., Sneekes M., Staal B., van der Scheer-Horst E., van Dulmen S. and Brinkkemper S. (2023). Automated Identification of Yellow Flags and Their Signal Terms in Physiotherapeutic Consultation Transcripts. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-631-6, SciTePress, pages 530-537. DOI: 10.5220/0011793800003414

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf23,
author={Joep Wegstapel and Thymen den Hartog and Mick Sneekes and Bart Staal and Ellis van der Scheer-Horst and Sandra van Dulmen and Sjaak Brinkkemper},
title={Automated Identification of Yellow Flags and Their Signal Terms in Physiotherapeutic Consultation Transcripts},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2023},
pages={530-537},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011793800003414},
isbn={978-989-758-631-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2023) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Automated Identification of Yellow Flags and Their Signal Terms in Physiotherapeutic Consultation Transcripts
SN - 978-989-758-631-6
AU - Wegstapel J.
AU - den Hartog T.
AU - Sneekes M.
AU - Staal B.
AU - van der Scheer-Horst E.
AU - van Dulmen S.
AU - Brinkkemper S.
PY - 2023
SP - 530
EP - 537
DO - 10.5220/0011793800003414
PB - SciTePress