requireDemographics {CohortConstructor}

Restrict cohort on patient demographics

Description

requireDemographics() filters cohort records, keeping only records where individuals satisfy the specified demographic criteria.

Usage

requireDemographics(
  cohort,
  cohortId = NULL,
  indexDate = "cohort_start_date",
  ageRange = list(c(0, 150)),
  sex = c("Both"),
  minPriorObservation = 0,
  minFutureObservation = 0,
  requirementInteractions = TRUE,
  name = tableName(cohort)
)

Arguments

cohort

A cohort table in a cdm reference.

cohortId

IDs of the cohorts to modify. If NULL, all cohorts will be used; otherwise, only the specified cohorts will be modified, and the rest will remain unchanged.

indexDate

Variable in cohort that contains the date to compute the demographics characteristics on which to restrict on.

ageRange

A list of minimum and maximum age.

sex

Can be "Both", "Male" or "Female". If one of the latter, only those with that sex will be included.

minPriorObservation

A minimum number of prior observation days in the database.

minFutureObservation

A minimum number of future observation days in the database.

requirementInteractions

If TRUE, cohorts will be created for all combinations of ageGroup, sex, and daysPriorObservation. If FALSE, only the first value specified for the other factors will be used. Consequently, order of values matters when requirementInteractions is FALSE.

name

Name of the new cohort with the demographic requirements.

Value

The cohort table with only records for individuals satisfying the demographic requirements

Examples

library(CohortConstructor)
cdm <- mockCohortConstructor(nPerson = 100)
cdm$cohort1 |>
  requireDemographics(indexDate = "cohort_start_date",
                      ageRange = list(c(18, 65)),
                      sex = "Female",
                      minPriorObservation = 365)