Building a concept system to structure the contents of a decision support system--a grounded theory study of concepts in the knowledge domain of urinary tract infection.

摘要

In this study we present a concept system for the knowledge domain of urinary tract infections. The system was constructed using grounded theory methods, sampling from Swedish reference texts and patient records from consultations for urinary tract infections. The concept system is intended for use as an aid in the construction of a decision support system (DSS) for urinary tract infections, and as a search module in the mentioned DSS. In total 561 concepts were categorized in four major, and 58 subordinate categories. Relationships between the more important categories were developed, and the frequency of use of the most common concepts is presented. Using the presented categorical structure as domain model a prototype DSS for dipslide urine cultures has been developed.