Application to extract the presence of apathy
Development approach: Machine-learning.
Classification of past or present symptom: Both.
Classes produced: Positive
The output includes- Positive mentions includes:
any indication that apathy was being reported as a symptom:
“ continues to demonstrate apathy”
“ some degree of apathy noted”
“presentation with apathy”
“his report of apathy given”.
Exclude Negative mentions of apathy:
“denied apathy”
“no evidence of apathy”
Exclude ‘Unknown’ annotations of apathy:
“may develop apathy or as a possible side effect of medication”
“apathy found in quite a few names” Definitions: Search term(s): apath
