The nurse tells Bert that there is a tool that is used to calculate risk of cardiovascular events that she is going to use, now that she has the other results. She explains that, once calculated, she will discuss with Bert and explain his score in more detail. She tells him that a score of 20 or more can identify a ‘High risk’.
ASSIGN score is 79. Estimate the risk: NHS Scotland clinical use
Enter details in the fields to the right and then calculate. Failure of the ‘calculate’ option to produce the ASSIGN score is most likely because it is being blocked by your local security settings. You may like to check these before notifying us of a problem.
Link to Estimate the risk for ASSIGN visitors.
Enter:
- name/patient ID – Bert
- current age – 66
- sex – male
- Scottish postcode – QQ1 1QQ
- based upon the postcode entered a SIMD 2012 score of 48.8 has been calculated
- family history of CHD stroke? – Yes
- Is the subject diabetic? – No
- cigarettes smoked daily or equivalent – 30
- systolic blood pressure – 158
- total cholesterol – 7.9
- HDL cholesterol – 1.1
ASSIGN score = 79
ASSIGN 20 or more is high risk, implying specific preventative medical actions. No need to repeat the scoring on another occasion. New patient. [Recalculate button]
Page last reviewed: 28 May 2020
