Largest study to date, analysing NHS health data from 17.4 million UK adults between 01 February 2020 and 25 April 2020, has given the strongest evidence to date on risk factors associated with COVID-19 death.Risk factors for COVID-19 death revealed in world’s largest analysis of patient records to date. Factors associated with COVID-19-related hospital death Pre-Print OpenSafely Press Release Written by Sarah Newey, this article summarises the findings of the paper and features an interview with lead author Dr Christopher Rentsch. Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent death when taken before exposure to Covid, study finds Effect of pre-exposure use of hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 mortality: a population-based cohort study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus using the OpenSAFELY platform The Telegraph Laurie Tomlinson, provides a summary of the paper inside the first ten minutes of the show. Written by Luke Andrews and Ben Spencer, this article provides a detailed lay summary of the research findings. Parents of schoolchildren do NOT face a greater risk of being admitted to hospital or dying of the coronavirus, study finds. Written by Nick McDermott, this article summarises the findings of the research. SCHOOLS ‘NO RISK’ Schools do not fuel spread of coronavirus at home, research finds. If that’s the case, then as this data becomes available, we will rerun our analysis to see if anything is different.” The Sun “Our analysis looks at the period when the society was largely open, and then compares that with the period when schools and society were largely closed down.During November and December, it may be that we’ll have a period of society being largely closed down, but schools remain open. Living with children associated with lower risk of Covid-19 death – research.Ĭovering our research on the association between living wiht children and COVID-19 outcomes, this article quotes Dr. So there’s no net harm in kids coming back to the house from school.” Evening Express ““We know that people who live with kids are generally more healthy and have a slightly lower risk of dying of anything.And we see a very similar pattern for bad Covid outcomes such as hospitalisation and death. Written by Naomi Grimley, this article summarises the study findings and quotes Professor Liam Smeeth saying: Association between living with children and outcomes from COVID-19: an OpenSAFELY cohort study of 12 million adults in England Pre-Print BBCĬoronavirus: Living with children ’no increased risk.’ Written by Charlotte Jee, this article highlights the size of the study and summarises the findings. These are the factors that put you at higher risk of dying from covid-19. Laguipo, this covers our Nature paper and focuses on the implicatons of the findings. Study of 17 million patients pinpoints COVID-19 mortality risk factors. Wu, this report covers our Nature paper on factors associated with COVID-19 death focusing on the size of the study and the findings which confirm that race, ethnicity, age and sex can raise a person’s chances of dying from Covid-19. Study of 17 Million Identifies Crucial Risk Factors for Coronavirus Deaths. The more abstract the summary, the less sensitive it is, and more widely it’s made available.” Nature Paper - OpenSAFELY: factors associated with COVID-19 death in 17 million patients New York Times The raw, identifiable data stays with the trusts the more high-level summaries are available for other researchers. “They developed software which could be given to the local NHS trusts that kept the data the analysis was then done in-house. Written by Tom Chivers, this article explains the importance of leaving the raw data inside the EHR vendor and sending the analytic code to the data: “To keep NHS patients’ data as secure as possible, OpenSafely has shifted from a model based on trust (where trusted researchers are approved to work on raw data) to one more based on proof.” Unherdįinally! A way to analyse NHS data from 17 million people. Ben Goldacre to provide a detailed descriptio and analysis of the technical design of the platform, summarising: This open source project is using Python, SQL and Docker to understand coronavirus health data These are not, though, normal circumstances, and in fact it took Opensafely a mere 42 days to go from idea to publication.” Zdnet Running the analysis and getting it published might take months more. “In normal circumstances, merely obtaining permission to look at such a trove of sensitive health data would take months, perhaps years, of jumping through hoops held by ethics committees, computer-security checkers and so on. Writing in The Economist, Hal Hodson, explains the significance of the OpenSafely platform from a cultural, regulatory and technical perspective, stating that: The pandemic has spawned a new way to study medical records.
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