Application to identify instances of receiving current or recommended meals on wheels (food delivery, usually from a private firm).
Development approach: Rule-Based.
Classification of past or present symptom: Both.
Classes produced: Positive
The output includes- Positive mentions:
‘receiving MOW’,
‘recommended for MOW’,
‘planning to have meals on wheels from Monday’,
‘will arrange for ZZZ to have MOW’,
‘isn’t eating his MOW’,
‘prefers the Wiltshire farms to the original MOW’,
‘discussed MOW’,
‘would be happy to have MOW’.
Exclude Negative mentions:
‘mow the lawn’,
spelling error ‘he is mow in mood’,
‘refuses MOW’,
‘stopped having meals on wheels as he did not like the taste’,
‘used to have MOW, now stopped’,
‘FORMCHECKBOX’ forms.
Exclude Unknown mentions:
‘MOW?’, ‘consider MOW’, ‘need to consider a plan that could partly include meals on wheels’, ‘will discuss MOW’.
Status definition
Current- is currently receiving MOW (present tense mentions). Current use relates to MOW delivery, if the individual refuses to eat/ignores the food, this would still be classed as a positive instance.
Potential- recommended, planned or arranged meals on wheels. Anything with suggested uncertainty of recommendation should be classed as negative.
Definitions: Search term(s): ‘MOW', 'meals on wheel*’
