Treatment Discontinuation
Dimension 603 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Treatment Discontinuation measures the extent to which an expression reflects stopping, refusing, dropping out of, or failing to continue recommended care, medication, or follow-up. It encompasses disengagement from treatment through missed visits, refusal, self-directed stopping, and explicit discontinuation.
evidence final name · Stopped Stop
Absent Treatment Discontinuation
Expressions activating this band are not meaningfully about stopping or failing to continue care and instead contain unrelated administrative, informational, or general opinion content.
Low Treatment Discontinuation
Expressions activating this band refer to treatment, visits, or health decisions in a general or exploratory way, with only limited implication that care may be interrupted or avoided. The expression may mention reasons for not seeking care or stopping a behavior without clearly centering ongoing disengagement from treatment.
Moderate Treatment Discontinuation
Expressions activating this band describe partial treatment disengagement, such as deciding not to seek care, not taking medicine at times, or facing practical barriers that interfere with continuing treatment. The expression presents discontinuation as a live possibility or recurring difficulty rather than a settled pattern.
High Treatment Discontinuation
Expressions activating this band center on active interruption of care, including refusing medication, stopping attendance, difficulty maintaining treatment, or problems carrying treatment decisions through. The expression reflects clear instability in treatment continuation across medication use, appointments, or follow-up.
Severe Treatment Discontinuation
Expressions activating this band explicitly state that medication or treatment was stopped, discontinued, or quit. The expression presents treatment cessation as direct and concrete.
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Minimal Stopped Stop: Content characterized by closest, story, requires, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect stopped stop at this level.
Emerging Stopped Stop: Content characterized by wall, ketchup, antipsychotics, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect stopped stop at this level.
Elevated Stopped Stop: Content characterized by tweeter, tall, specialist, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect stopped stop at this level.
Severe Stopped Stop: Content characterized by opting, lithium, medications, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect stopped stop at this level.