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In Brief
Developing an International Register of Clinical Prediction Rules for Use in Primary Care: A Descriptive Analysis
Tom Fahey , and colleagues
Background Clinical prediction rules (CPRs) are tools that quantify the impact of multiple predictors from a patient's history, physical examination or laboratory results to inform a diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment response. An international web-based register of CPRs is being developed for use in primary care as resource for clinicians. This study summarizes the types of CPRs relevant to primary care used to create this register.
What This Study Found 434 unique and relevant rules were identified, of which slightly more than one-half have been validated at least once; less than 3% have been subjected to an analysis of impact on the process or outcome of clinical care. The rules most commonly pertained to cardiovascular disease, respiratory, and musculoskeletal conditions.
Implications
- These findings, the authors assert, support the development of an international register of prediction rules coded by clinical domain and stage of development to help guide areas for needed research and identify those that are ready for use at the point of patient care.