ISPatientProblem.BuildApproximateDateStr

Description

This function returns the approximate date when the patient's problem started if the exact date is unknown. Otherwise, the function returns the exact date when the patient's problem started.

Syntax

object.BuildApproximateDateStr()

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatientProblem	The `object` always implements the ISPatientProblem interface

Return Value

string

Returns the approximate date when the patient's problem started if the exact date is unknown. Otherwise, the function returns the exact date when the patient's problem started.

Example

Display the codes, descriptions of the patient's problems in each category and the approximate or exact dates when these problems started.

Dim aPatient
Dim aProblemList
Dim aCategories
Dim aCategory
Dim aProblems
Dim aProblem
Dim aMessage

Set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient

set aProblemList = aPatient.ProblemList
set aCategories = aProblemList.Categories

for each aCategory in aCategories
  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine & "---------" & aCategory.Description &_ 
    "---------"  & vbNewLine & vbNewLine 
  set aProblems = aCategory.Problems
  for each aProblem in aProblems
    if aProblem.ProblemType = 6 then  'ptPregnancy  
      aMessage = aMessage & "    " & "Code: " & aProblem.DxCode &_ 
        "; Description: " & aProblem.DxDescription & vbNewLine
    else 
      aMessage = aMessage & "    " &_ 
        "Code: " & aProblem.DxCode & "; Description: " & aProblem.DxDescription &_ 
        " (from " & aProblem.BuildApproximateDateStr & ")" & vbNewLine
    end if  
  next
next 

Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Approximate Date (if the Approx checkbox is checked) or Date can be found in Clinical > Medical Record > Problems > Open Problem > General > Date From field, in Clinical > Clinical Details > Problems > Open Problem > General > Date From field or in Patient > Cases > Clinical > Problems > Open Problem > General > Date From field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0