Hi, We don't capture the additional data if DOB is approximated or not...
Otherwise, we have a value type called AGE, then during data entry a special input field is rendered, see below [image: Inline image 1] Users are free to fill any or combination of these and behind the scene the system calculates/updates each field and in the end DOB is saved. -- Abyot A. Gizaw. Senior Engineer, DHIS2 University of Oslo http://www.dhis2.org On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:21 PM, TIMIMI, Hazim Bakir <timi...@who.int> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Thanks very much, that makes sense. I also came across this yesterday > which seems similar to what you have done in the past (see under > "Collection and usage attributes"): http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/ > content/index.phtml/itemId/287007 > > Cheers, > Hazim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Robinson [mailto:erobin...@projectbalance.com] > Sent: 11 October 2017 13:40 > To: TIMIMI, Hazim Bakir; dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: RE: [Dhis2-users] Standard approach for recording age at the time > of diagnosis when date of birth is unknown > > What we've done in the past with other systems is have a field for > estimated age at time of registration - only completed if the DOB is not > known. DOB is then auto-populated based on the entered age, and an > additional YES/NO field is updated to note that the DOB is estimated and > not exact. > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dhis2-users [mailto:dhis2-users-bounces+erobinson= > projectbalance....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of TIMIMI, Hazim Bakir > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2017 5:01 PM > To: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Dhis2-users] Standard approach for recording age at the time of > diagnosis when date of birth is unknown > > Is there a standard approach commonly in use to handle ages when the exact > date of birth of a patient is unknown? I can think of two ways -- either > using a surrogate (approximate) date of birth that tallies with a person's > reported age, or have an extra data element for age at time of diagnosis to > be used only if date of birth is unknown. Obviously, if date of birth is > known then age is calculated automatically. > > I would like to know what people have been using and have seen to be > working in practice (and not necessarily just in DHIS2). > > Thanks! > > Hazim > ….. > Hazim Timimi > Data Manager, Tuberculosis Monitoring and Evaluation, World Health > Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Tel : +41 22 791 3468 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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