I Don't Believe It, But I'd Better Do Something About It: Patient Experiences of Online Heart Age Risk Calculators

BackgroundHealth risk calculators are widely available on the Internet, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators that estimate the probability of a heart attack, stroke, or death over a 5- or 10-year period. Some calculators convert this probability to “heart age”, where a heart age o...

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Main Authors: Bonner, Carissa, Jansen, Jesse, Newell, Ben R, Irwig, Les, Glasziou, Paul, Doust, Jenny, Dhillon, Haryana, McCaffery, Kirsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2014/5/e120/