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Enum: ClinicalBurdenLevelEnum

Coarse disease-level assessment of the typical clinical burden imposed by a disease, considering functional impact, morbidity, duration, monitoring/treatment burden, and expected long-term consequences. This is distinct from phenotype-level severity.

URI: dismech:enum/ClinicalBurdenLevelEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description Additional Info
LOW None Typical cases impose limited functional impact, morbidity, management burden,... Title: Low
MODERATE None Typical cases impose clinically meaningful but not usually life-threatening o... Title: Moderate
HIGH None Typical cases impose substantial morbidity, disability, intensive management ... Title: High
VARIABLE None Clinical burden varies widely across patients, subtypes, stages, or contexts,... Title: Variable
UNKNOWN None The typical clinical burden is not established or has not been assessed Title: Unknown

Slots

Name Description
burden_level Coarse disease-level clinical burden category

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech

LinkML Source

name: ClinicalBurdenLevelEnum
description: Coarse disease-level assessment of the typical clinical burden imposed
  by a disease, considering functional impact, morbidity, duration, monitoring/treatment
  burden, and expected long-term consequences. This is distinct from phenotype-level
  severity.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  LOW:
    text: LOW
    description: Typical cases impose limited functional impact, morbidity, management
      burden, or long-term consequences.
    title: Low
  MODERATE:
    text: MODERATE
    description: Typical cases impose clinically meaningful but not usually life-threatening
      or highly disabling burden.
    title: Moderate
  HIGH:
    text: HIGH
    description: Typical cases impose substantial morbidity, disability, intensive
      management needs, major long-term consequences, or mortality risk.
    title: High
  VARIABLE:
    text: VARIABLE
    description: Clinical burden varies widely across patients, subtypes, stages,
      or contexts, and no single low/moderate/high level is representative.
    title: Variable
  UNKNOWN:
    text: UNKNOWN
    description: The typical clinical burden is not established or has not been assessed.
    title: Unknown