This repository contains parameter specifications for 7 distinct synthetic DAGs that represented causal structures related to 7 hypothetical HRQoL questionnaires.
The repository also contains the ontology for representing HRQoL questionnaires and responses, as well as cause-effect relationships between questions. The ontology is available in RDF TTL serialization format here, while the following diagram gives an overview that adheres to the Graffoo specification:
Below are the descriptions of the respective entities:
:hasResponse: Associates a person/patient to a response they gave to a question in a questionnaire.:isAfter: Used for representing the sequence of questions.:isCauseOf: Indicates that the response to a question is the cause of the response to another question.:isEffectOf: Indicates that the response to a question is the effect of the response to another question.:responseToQuestion: Associates a response to a specific question in a questionnaire.:responseValue: Assigns an integer value to a response for a questionnaire question.:Response: Represents the response to a question in a questionnaire.