Interventions Using Heart Age for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Communication: Systematic Review of Psychological, Behavioral, and Clinical Effects

BackgroundCardiovascular disease (CVD) risk communication is a challenge for clinical practice, where physicians find it difficult to explain the absolute risk of a CVD event to patients with varying health literacy. Converting the probability to heart age is increasingly use...

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Main Authors: Carissa Bonner, Carys Batcup, Samuel Cornell, Michael Anthony Fajardo, Anna L Hawkes, Lyndal Trevena, Jenny Doust
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2021-11-01
Series:JMIR Cardio
Online Access:https://cardio.jmir.org/2021/2/e31056