Patient Demographics

General demographic characteristics are important to record for each patient being investigated or treated for COVID-19. Relevant patient demographics, which can be recorded using SNOMED CT includes:

• Biological sex

• Gender identity

• Marital or partnership status

• Nationality

• Ethnic group

• Racial group

• Occupation

• Travel history

• Residential location type

• Next of kin relationship

• Living arrangements

• Care and support circumstances

These data elements are described below, with example SNOMED CT subsets for each.

Multiple types of sex and/or gender are recorded in clinical practice, including biological sex and gender identity. 1

SNOMED CT supports the distinction between biological sex (e.g. ) and gender identity (e.g. ), as shown in the two subset definitions below.

CV19-PAT- BiologicalSex Intensional Definition : < MINUS <<

CV19-PAT- GenderIdentity Intensional Definition : <

The marital or partnership status of a patient describes their legal, civil or personal relationship with their significant other, for example .

CV19-PAT- MaritalOrPartnershipStatus Intensional Definition : <

Nationality refers to a particular legal relationship between an individual person and a sovereign state. The nationality of a patient may refer to the nation in which they were born, have citizenship, or have other legal ties - for example or .

CV19-PAT- Nationality Intensional Definition : <

The ethnic group (or ethnicity) of a patient is the social or cultural group with whom they identify - for example, or .

CV19-PAT- EthnicGroup Intensional Definition : <

The racial group (or race) of a patient is the group (or groups) with whom they share inherited physical characteristics - for example, or .

CV19-PAT- RacialGroup Intensional Definition : <

Occupation is the patient's job or profession - for example, or .

CV19-PAT- Occupation Intensional Definition : <

The travel history of a patient is a record of their past visits to locations both inside and outside their country of residence. This may include a list of the specific countries and/or regions that they have travelled to (e.g. or ), or a descriptive travel history finding (e.g. ).

CV19-PAT-TravelHistory Intensional Definition : < OR < OR <

The residential location type is the type of place in which the patient is currently living, or was living prior to admission to hospital - for example, or .

CV19-PAT- ResidentialLocationType Intensional Definition : <

The next of kin relationship is the relationship that the patient has with their closest living relative (as chosen by the patient) - for example or .

CV19-PAT- NextOfKinRelationship Intensional Definition : <

The living arrangements of the patient describes the familial and non-familial relationships of a person to all the other people with whom they usually reside - for example or .

CV19-PAT- LivingArrangements Intensional Definition : <

The care and support circumstances of the patient describe how and by whom they are looked after when living at their usual place of residence - for example or .

CV19-PAT- CareAndSupportCircumstances Intensional Definition : <

Footnotes

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