Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Primary Prevention With Lifestyle Changes
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of patients with a cardiovascular disease risk assessment score of 10% or more identified in the preceding 12 months who are offered advice and support for smoking cessation, safe alcohol consumption, healthy diet and exercise within 3 months of the score being recorded.
Numerator
The number in the denominator who are offered advice and support for smoking cessation, safe alcohol consumption, healthy diet and exercise within 3 months of the score being recorded.
Denominator
The number of patients with a cardiovascular disease risk assessment score of 10% or more identified in the preceding 12 months.
Exclusions
People with diagnosed cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is defined as angina, previous myocardial infarction, revascularisation, stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
General practice IT system reporting