Body weight: Observation

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Total body weight - a surrogate for naked body weight

Id: openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.body_weight.v1
Reference model: EHR
ADL

History

Protocol

Data

State

Data: SINGLE

Concept	Description	Type	Cardinality	Values
Weight	The weight of the whole body	*Quantity*	mandatory 1..1	Property = MASS Units: kg, (0..1000)

State: LIST

Concept Ordered	Description	Type	Cardinality	Values
Clothing	The amount of clothes worn at the time of weighing	*Coded text*	optional 0..1	Lightly clothed/underwear Naked Fully dressed Nappy

Events: HISTORY

Events	Description	Constraints	Values
Any event	Any event - based on offset from the baseline	PointInTime 0..*
Weight loss	Amount of weight lost over the period	Interval 0..*	Event math function = decrease (Signed negative)
Weight gain	Amount of weight gained over the period	Interval 0..*	Event math function = increase

Protocol: LIST

Concept Ordered	Description	Type	Cardinality	Values
Device	The name of the weighing device	*Text*	optional 0..1	Free or coded text

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