Description
Keep all elapsed when countPause or subtract paused-overlapCredit otherwise.
Research schedules and activity records use numeric intervals, pauses, and overlap conventions. The same endpoints can produce different summaries depending on whether simultaneous activities are counted once or separately.
Keep all elapsed when countPause or subtract paused-overlapCredit otherwise.
When to use this tool
Use Older Adult Visit Pause Credit when you need a time-budget or interval calculation in geriatric research records.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter elapsed, paused, overlapCredit, countPause. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read contactTime. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative elapsed and paused within it and overlapCredit within paused. Keep all elapsed when countPause or subtract paused-overlapCredit otherwise.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| elapsed | Elapsed | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| paused | Paused | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| overlapCredit | Overlap Credit | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| countPause | Count Pause | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| contactTime | Contact Time | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"elapsed": 60,
"paused": 15,
"overlapCredit": 5,
"countPause": false
},
"output": {
"contactTime": 50
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- All durations share units and overlap policy is supplied; credited contact time does not establish actual clinical contact, adequate care, or safe service delivery.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Reconcile the full schedule and source timing convention before aggregation. Use an appropriate observational or clinical assessment for questions that duration arithmetic cannot answer.
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