脳卒中後の認知障害を予測する計算ツールを開発(Stroke Cognition Calculator could help predict thinking problems after stroke)

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2026-03-05 オックスフォード大学

英国オックスフォード大学の研究チームは、脳卒中後に起こる認知障害のリスクを予測する新しい計算ツール「Stroke Cognition Calculator」を開発した。脳卒中後は記憶力や思考力の低下が起こる患者が多いが、個々の患者でどの程度の認知障害が生じるかを事前に予測することは難しかった。研究では大規模な臨床データを解析し、年齢、脳卒中の重症度、既往歴、認知機能検査結果などの要因を組み合わせて、将来的な認知機能低下の確率を推定するモデルを構築した。このツールにより、医師は退院後の認知機能低下の可能性を早期に把握し、リハビリ計画や生活支援、予防的介入をより適切に行えるようになると期待されている。研究者らは、脳卒中患者の長期的な生活の質の改善や医療資源の効率的な活用につながる可能性があると指摘している。

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脳卒中後の多領域認知障害:臨床予測モデルの開発と検証 Multidomain post-stroke cognitive impairment: development and validation of a clinical prediction model

Andrea Kusec, PhD ∙ Kym I E Snell, PhD ∙ Prof Nele Demeyere, PhD
The Lancet Healthy Longevity  Published: March 4, 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2026.100820

脳卒中後の認知障害を予測する計算ツールを開発(Stroke Cognition Calculator could help predict thinking problems after stroke)

Summary

Background

Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is highly prevalent across multiple domains. Individualised PSCI prognosis has mainly been researched using dementia-specific outcomes instead of stroke-specific outcomes, and existing models often use predictors not routinely available in electronic health records. We aimed to develop and externally validate clinical prediction models for overall PSCI via use of a stroke-specific cognitive outcome, using acute PSCI and data routinely collected in stroke care.

Methods

In this prediction model development and validation study, we used data from a cohort of participants with stroke who were consecutively recruited from the acute stroke ward of the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford, UK) for the Oxford Cognitive Screening Programme (OCS-Recovery study). Participants completed the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS; comprising 12 subtasks covering six cognitive domains) acutely and at the 6-month follow-up. The outcome was binarised (impaired vs unimpaired). The selected predictors for the logistic regression models were available in electronic health records and conceptually relevant to post-stroke cognition. Logistic regression models were fitted with mandatory clinically relevant predictors (age, sex assigned at birth, stroke severity, education, stroke hemisphere, and acute PSCI) and data-driven predictors (acute mood difficulties, length of stay in acute care, and multimorbidity). We conducted backward elimination on multiply imputed data to remove non-significant (p>0·10) data-driven predictors. Internal validation used bootstrapping to obtain optimism-adjusted performance estimates. The same internal validation procedure was followed for a continuous prediction model, using proportion of OCS tasks impaired as the outcome. For external validation, we used the OCS-Care dataset, comprising data from a stroke cohort with mild severity PSCI. Performance measures included discrimination (eg, C-statistic), calibration, and goodness-of-fit. Overall binary PSCI model performance was further evaluated within subgroups by age range, sex assigned at birth, first versus recurrent stroke, and acute PSCI severity.

Findings

Between March 20, 2012, and March 9, 2020, 430 participants recruited to the OCS-Recovery study completed the OCS acutely and at 6-months after stroke. All participants attempted the OCS, with 400 (93%) completing at least ten of 12 subtasks. The overall binary PSCI model had good optimism-adjusted performance (C-statistic 0·76 [95% CI 0·71–0·80]), with similar external validation performance (0·74 [0·68–0·80]). Model performance did not vary by sex assigned at birth but was best in adults younger than 60 years (0·76 [0·62–0·86]) with moderate-to-severe acute PSCI (0·72 [0·60–0·81]).

Interpretation

Stroke-specific cognition prediction models can offer more meaningful PSCI prognoses than models focused on cognitive decline. Our binary and continuous overall PSCI models show promise in terms of generalisability across different stroke cohorts. Future recalibration of domain-specific models would be beneficial.

Funding

UK National Institute for Health and Care Research.

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