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| Official URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-questionnaireresponse | Version: 11.0.1 | |||
| Active as of 2026-10-23 | Computable Name: ehealth-questionnaireresponse | |||
QuestionnaireResponse provides a complete or partial list of answers to a set of questions filled when responding to a questionnaire.
Some activities may involve answering a Questionnaire. The answer is captured in a QuestionnaireResponse. Questionnaires can be used for standalone information about the health of the patient, or they can be used to provide context information for Observations.
It is possible to search for QuestionnaireResponses based on:
At least one of "subject" and "context" must be provided. "period" searches on range of "authored".
effectivePeriod is intended to reflect the period for which the answers in the questionnaire response are considered applicable. In combination with authored, this can be used to describe that a questionnaire response about, say, patient's mood, reflects the previous week Monday to Sunday (stated in effectivePeriod), while entry of answers happened Monday this week (stated in authored). If the questionnaire response pertains to the patient's current state, the effectivePeriod could represent the start and end time of the period during which the questionnaire was completed.
Transformation of the QuestionnaireResponse to Questionnaire Response Document (QRD) representation requires that effectivePeriod.start has been specified and that effectivePeriod.end, when specified, differs from effectivePeriod.start.
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and their representations.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  QuestionnaireResponse |
0..* | QuestionnaireResponse | A structured set of questions and their answers | |
  implicitRules |
0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | |
  Slices for extension |
2..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Slicing Note: The rules on this element (including its children) apply to all the slices, but are not repeated in them | |
   extension:episodeOfCare |
1..1 | (Complex) | Associated Encounter episode of care URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare | |
  extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare" | |
  value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-episodeofcare) {r} | Value of extension | |
 extension:quality |
0..* | (Complex) | Minimum requirements for qualities URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-quality | |
| extension:resolvedTiming |
1..1 | (Complex) | Resolved Timing URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-resolved-timing | |
 extension:effectivePeriod |
0..1 | Period | Clinically relevant time-period for questionnaire response. URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-effectivePeriod | |
 modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | |
| basedOn |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-servicerequest) {r} | Request fulfilled by this QuestionnaireResponse | |
| partOf |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-observation | Procedure) {r} | Part of this action | |
| questionnaire |
1..1 | canonical(ehealth-questionnaire) {r} | Form being answered | |
| status |
1..1 | code | in-progress | completed | amended | entered-in-error | stopped Binding: QuestionnaireResponseStatus (required): Lifecycle status of the questionnaire response. | |
| subject |
1..1 | Reference(Resource) | The subject of the questions | |
| authored |
1..1 | dateTime | Date the answers were gathered | |
| author |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-device | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-patient | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | Person who received and recorded the answers | |
 source |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-patient | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | The person who answered the questions | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| QuestionnaireResponse.status | Base | required | QuestionnaireResponseStatus | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuestionnaireResponse |
0..* | QuestionnaireResponse | A structured set of questions and their answers | |||||
| id |
0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | |||||
 meta |
0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | |||||
| implicitRules |
0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | |||||
| language |
0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
| |||||
| text |
0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements | |||||
| contained |
0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
| Slices for extension |
2..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Slicing Note: The rules on this element (including its children) apply to all the slices, but are not repeated in them | |||||
| extension:episodeOfCare |
1..1 | (Complex) | Associated Encounter episode of care URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare | |||||
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||||||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare" | |||||
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-episodeofcare) {r} | Value of extension | |||||
| extension:quality |
0..* | (Complex) | Minimum requirements for qualities URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-quality | |||||
| extension:resolvedTiming |
1..1 | (Complex) | Resolved Timing URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-resolved-timing | |||||
| extension:effectivePeriod |
0..1 | Period | Clinically relevant time-period for questionnaire response. URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-effectivePeriod | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | |||||
| identifier |
0..1 | Identifier | Unique id for this set of answers | |||||
| basedOn |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-servicerequest) {r} | Request fulfilled by this QuestionnaireResponse | |||||
| partOf |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-observation | Procedure) {r} | Part of this action | |||||
| questionnaire |
1..1 | canonical(ehealth-questionnaire) {r} | Form being answered | |||||
| status |
1..1 | code | in-progress | completed | amended | entered-in-error | stopped Binding: QuestionnaireResponseStatus (required): Lifecycle status of the questionnaire response. | |||||
| subject |
1..1 | Reference(Resource) | The subject of the questions | |||||
| encounter |
0..1 | Reference(Encounter) | Encounter created as part of | |||||
| authored |
1..1 | dateTime | Date the answers were gathered | |||||
| author |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-device | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-patient | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | Person who received and recorded the answers | |||||
| source |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-patient | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | The person who answered the questions | |||||
 item |
C | 0..* | BackboneElement | Groups and questions Constraints: qrs-1 | ||||
 id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | |||||
| linkId |
1..1 | string | Pointer to specific item from Questionnaire | |||||
| definition |
0..1 | uri | ElementDefinition - details for the item | |||||
| text |
0..1 | string | Name for group or question text | |||||
| answer |
0..* | BackboneElement | The response(s) to the question | |||||
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | |||||
 value[x] |
0..1 | Single-valued answer to the question Binding: QuestionnaireAnswerCodes (example): Code indicating the response provided for a question. | ||||||
| valueBoolean |
boolean | |||||||
| valueDecimal |
decimal | |||||||
| valueInteger |
integer | |||||||
| valueDate |
date | |||||||
| valueDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||
| valueTime |
time | |||||||
| valueString |
string | |||||||
| valueUri |
uri | |||||||
| valueAttachment |
Attachment | |||||||
| valueCoding |
Coding | |||||||
| valueQuantity |
Quantity | |||||||
| valueReference |
Reference(Resource) | |||||||
| item |
0..* | See item (QuestionnaireResponse) | Nested groups and questions | |||||
| item |
0..* | See item (QuestionnaireResponse) | Nested questionnaire response items | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| QuestionnaireResponse.language | Base | preferred | Common Languages | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| QuestionnaireResponse.status | Base | required | QuestionnaireResponseStatus | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| QuestionnaireResponse.item.answer.value[x] | Base | example | Questionnaire Answer Codes | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
Summary
Mandatory: 7 elements
Structures
This structure refers to these other structures:
Extensions
This structure refers to these extensions:
Key Elements View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuestionnaireResponse |
0..* | QuestionnaireResponse | A structured set of questions and their answers | |
| implicitRules |
0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | |
| Slices for extension |
2..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Slicing Note: The rules on this element (including its children) apply to all the slices, but are not repeated in them | |
| extension:episodeOfCare |
1..1 | (Complex) | Associated Encounter episode of care URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-episodeofcare) {r} | Value of extension | |
| extension:quality |
0..* | (Complex) | Minimum requirements for qualities URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-quality | |
| extension:resolvedTiming |
1..1 | (Complex) | Resolved Timing URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-resolved-timing | |
| extension:effectivePeriod |
0..1 | Period | Clinically relevant time-period for questionnaire response. URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-effectivePeriod | |
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | |
| basedOn |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-servicerequest) {r} | Request fulfilled by this QuestionnaireResponse | |
| partOf |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-observation | Procedure) {r} | Part of this action | |
| questionnaire |
1..1 | canonical(ehealth-questionnaire) {r} | Form being answered | |
| status |
1..1 | code | in-progress | completed | amended | entered-in-error | stopped Binding: QuestionnaireResponseStatus (required): Lifecycle status of the questionnaire response. | |
| subject |
1..1 | Reference(Resource) | The subject of the questions | |
| authored |
1..1 | dateTime | Date the answers were gathered | |
| author |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-device | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-patient | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | Person who received and recorded the answers | |
| source |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-patient | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | The person who answered the questions | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| QuestionnaireResponse.status | Base | required | QuestionnaireResponseStatus | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
Differential View
Snapshot ViewView
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuestionnaireResponse |
0..* | QuestionnaireResponse | A structured set of questions and their answers | |||||
| id |
0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | |||||
| meta |
0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | |||||
| implicitRules |
0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | |||||
| language |
0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: CommonLanguages (preferred): A human language.
| |||||
| text |
0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements | |||||
| contained |
0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources | |||||
| Slices for extension |
2..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url Slicing Note: The rules on this element (including its children) apply to all the slices, but are not repeated in them | |||||
| extension:episodeOfCare |
1..1 | (Complex) | Associated Encounter episode of care URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare | |||||
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||||||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare" | |||||
| value[x] |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-episodeofcare) {r} | Value of extension | |||||
| extension:quality |
0..* | (Complex) | Minimum requirements for qualities URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-quality | |||||
| extension:resolvedTiming |
1..1 | (Complex) | Resolved Timing URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-resolved-timing | |||||
| extension:effectivePeriod |
0..1 | Period | Clinically relevant time-period for questionnaire response. URL: http://ehealth.sundhed.dk/fhir/StructureDefinition/ehealth-effectivePeriod | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | |||||
| identifier |
0..1 | Identifier | Unique id for this set of answers | |||||
| basedOn |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-servicerequest) {r} | Request fulfilled by this QuestionnaireResponse | |||||
| partOf |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-observation | Procedure) {r} | Part of this action | |||||
| questionnaire |
1..1 | canonical(ehealth-questionnaire) {r} | Form being answered | |||||
| status |
1..1 | code | in-progress | completed | amended | entered-in-error | stopped Binding: QuestionnaireResponseStatus (required): Lifecycle status of the questionnaire response. | |||||
| subject |
1..1 | Reference(Resource) | The subject of the questions | |||||
| encounter |
0..1 | Reference(Encounter) | Encounter created as part of | |||||
| authored |
1..1 | dateTime | Date the answers were gathered | |||||
| author |
0..1 | Reference(ehealth-device | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-patient | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | Person who received and recorded the answers | |||||
| source |
1..1 | Reference(ehealth-patient | ehealth-practitioner | ehealth-relatedperson) {r} | The person who answered the questions | |||||
| item |
C | 0..* | BackboneElement | Groups and questions Constraints: qrs-1 | ||||
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | |||||
| linkId |
1..1 | string | Pointer to specific item from Questionnaire | |||||
| definition |
0..1 | uri | ElementDefinition - details for the item | |||||
| text |
0..1 | string | Name for group or question text | |||||
| answer |
0..* | BackboneElement | The response(s) to the question | |||||
| id |
0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations | |||||
| modifierExtension |
0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | |||||
| value[x] |
0..1 | Single-valued answer to the question Binding: QuestionnaireAnswerCodes (example): Code indicating the response provided for a question. | ||||||
| valueBoolean |
boolean | |||||||
| valueDecimal |
decimal | |||||||
| valueInteger |
integer | |||||||
| valueDate |
date | |||||||
| valueDateTime |
dateTime | |||||||
| valueTime |
time | |||||||
| valueString |
string | |||||||
| valueUri |
uri | |||||||
| valueAttachment |
Attachment | |||||||
| valueCoding |
Coding | |||||||
| valueQuantity |
Quantity | |||||||
| valueReference |
Reference(Resource) | |||||||
| item |
0..* | See item (QuestionnaireResponse) | Nested groups and questions | |||||
| item |
0..* | See item (QuestionnaireResponse) | Nested questionnaire response items | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| QuestionnaireResponse.language | Base | preferred | Common Languages | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| QuestionnaireResponse.status | Base | required | QuestionnaireResponseStatus | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| QuestionnaireResponse.item.answer.value[x] | Base | example | Questionnaire Answer Codes | 📍4.0.1 | FHIR Std. |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
Summary
Mandatory: 7 elements
Structures
This structure refers to these other structures:
Extensions
This structure refers to these extensions:
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
