Status
Completed
Title
Derivation and validation of the QThrombosis algorithm to predict risk of thrombosis
What were the objectives of the study?
QThrombosis is a risk prediction algorithm which calculates an individual’s risk of thrombosis taking account of their individual risk factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, clinical values and diagnoses. Ischaemic stroke is identified according to clinical codes recorded on the primary care record or the linked mortality or hospital record. The research describing the derivation and validation of the algorithm has been published in the BMJ.
QThrombosis is used to quantify an individual’s risk of stroke in order to prioritise and inform decisions regarding interventions to lower risk. It is updated annually to ensure the algorithms remain calibrated to the current population since the incidence of disease and the prevalence of risk factors changes over time. The updates also enable the algorithm to take account of improvements to data quality (for example increases in the completeness of recording of risk factors such as ethnicity or laboratory values) and also allows adaptations to any changes which might be required to improve the predictive power of the tool or the population to which is applied.
Chief Investigator
Julia Hippisley-Cox
Lead Applicant Organisation Name
Sponsor
Oxford
Location of research
Oxford
Date on which research approved
01-Feb-2019
Project reference ID
Q88
Generic ethics approval reference
18/EM/0400
Are all data accessed are in anonymised form?
Yes
Brief summary of the dataset to be released (including any sensitive data)
Data for risk factors for thrombosis linked to diagnoses of thrombosis on GP, hospital or mortality records
Funding Source
No external funding
Public Benefit Statement
Research Team
Julia Hippisley-Cox, Professor Carol Coupland
Publications
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Development and validation of risk prediction algorithm (QThrombosis) to estimate future risk of venous thromboembolism: prospective cohort study
Authors: Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C
Ref: BMJ 2011;343:d4656
https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4656
Press Releases
- QThrombosis to help tackle leading cause of UK deaths (17 August 2011)
Access Type
Trusted Research Environment (TRE)