Person—absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
• Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 1   Yes

A person has had an absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment recorded.

CODE 2   No

A person has not had an absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment recorded.

An absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment is the numerical probability of an event occurring within a specified period, expressed as a percentage (e.g. 5-year absolute risk of 15% means there is a 15% probability that the individual will experience a cardiovascular event within 5 years). It reflects a person's overall risk of CVD, as opposed to the traditional method that considers various risk factors, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, in isolation.

An assessment of CVD risk based on multiple risk factors is more accurate than an assessment of individual risk factors due to the cumulative effect of risk factors that may be additive or synergistic. Given that an absolute risk assessment provides a more accurate assessment of risk than individual risk factors, it is reasonable to expect that basing management decisions on this assessment will improve outcomes.

Source and reference attributes

National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance, 2009. Guidelines for the assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk. National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance. Viewed 21 January 2013,

http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/absolute-risk-assessement.pdf

Relational attributes