edc-appointment 0.2.45

Appointment module for clinicedc/edc projects

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edc-appointment
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This module works closely with ``edc_visit_tracking`` and ``edc_visit_schedule``.

Subject data is collected on predefined timepoints. We describe these data collection timepoints in a ``visit_schedule`` as provided by ``edc-visit-schedule``. In ``edc-appointment`` timepoints are represented by appointments. ``edc-appointment`` provides classes for creating and managing appointments.

See also ``edc-visit-schedule``.

**AppointmentModelMixin**

A model mixin for the Appointment model. Each project may have one appointment model. For example:

.. code-block:: python

class Appointment(AppointmentModelMixin, RequiresConsentModelMixin, BaseUuidModel):

class Meta(AppointmentModelMixin.Meta):
consent_model = 'edc_example.subjectconsent'
app_label = 'edc_example'


**Appointment is a required foreignkey for the visit report**

The ``Appointment`` model is a required foreignkey for the visit report. Be sure to set ``on_delete=PROTECT``.

.. code-block:: python

class SubjectVisit(VisitModelMixin, OffstudyMixin, CreatesMetadataModelMixin,
RequiresConsentModelMixin, BaseUuidModel):

appointment = models.OneToOneField(Appointment, on_delete=PROTECT)

objects = VisitModelManager()

class Meta(VisitModelMixin.Meta):
consent_model = 'edc_example.subjectconsent'
app_label = 'edc_example'

**CreatesAppointmentsModelMixin**

A model mixin for the model that triggers the creation of appointments when the model is saved. This is typically an enrollment model.

Adds the model field ``facility``. The value of field ``facility`` tells the ``CreateAppointmentsMixin`` to create appointments for the subject on dates that are available at the ``facility``.

.. code-block:: python

class Enrollment(EnrollmentModelMixin, CreateAppointmentsMixin,
RequiresConsentModelMixin, BaseUuidModel):

class Meta(EnrollmentModelMixin.Meta):
visit_schedule_name = 'subject_visit_schedule.schedule1'
consent_model = 'edc_example.subjectconsent'
app_label = 'edc_example'

When ``Enrollment`` declared above is saved, one appointment will be created for the subject for each ``visit`` in schedule ``schedule1`` of visit_schedule ``subject_visit_schedule``.

Note: the value for ``facility`` must be provided by the user, either through the form interface or programmatically.

**Customizing appointment scheduling by ``Facility``**

see ``edc_facility``

Available Appointment Model Manager Methods
===========================================

The ``Appointment`` model is declared with ``AppointmentManager``. It has several useful methods.

**first_appointment(), last_appointment()**


Returns the first (or last) appointment. If just the ``subject_identifier`` is provided, the first appointment of the protocol for the subject is returned. To be more specific, provide ``{subject_identifier=subject_identifier, visit_schedule_name=visit_schedule_name}``.
To be even more specific, ``{subject_identifier=subject_identifier, visit_schedule_name=visit_schedule_name, schedule_name=schedule_name}``.

The most common usage is to just provide these values with an appointment instance:

.. code-block:: python

first_appointment = Appointment.objects.first_appointment(appointment=appointment)

**next_appointment(), previous_appointment()**


The next and previous appointment are relative to the schedule and a visit_code within that schedule. If next is called on the last appointment in the sequence ``None`` is returned. If previous is called on the first appointment in the sequence ``None`` is returned.

For example, in a sequence of appointment 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000:

.. code-block:: python

>>> appointment.visit_code
1000
>>> next_appointment = Appointment.objects.next_appointment(appointment=appointment)
>>> next_appointment.visit_code
2000

But you can also pass an appointment instance and pass the visit code:

.. code-block:: python

>>> appointment.visit_code
1000
>>> next_appointment = Appointment.objects.next_appointment(
appointment=appointment, visit_code=3000)
>>> next_appointment.visit_code
4000
If you ask for the next appointment from the last, ``None`` is returned:

.. code-block:: python

>>> appointment.visit_code
4000
>>> next_appointment = Appointment.objects.next_appointment(
appointment=appointment, visit_code=3000)
>>> next_appointment.visit_code
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'visit_code'

The ``previous_appointment`` acts as expected:

.. code-block:: python

>>> appointment.visit_code
1000
>>> previous_appointment = Appointment.objects.previous_appointment(appointment=appointment)
>>> previous_appointment.visit_code
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'visit_code'

**delete_for_subject_after_date()**


This method will delete all appointments for a subject after a given datetime. See also ``edc-offstudy``.

``Appointment`` is usually a foreignkey of a visit model. It's important when using this method to ensure that when declaring ``Appointment`` as a foreignkey you explicitly set ``on_delete=PROTECT``. If you don't, the deletion will cascade to other related instances -- and that's bad.

.. code-block:: python

appointment = models.OneToOneField(Appointment, on_delete=PROTECT)



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