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

• Main Authors: Bonner, Carissa (Author), Jansen, Jesse (Author), Newell, Ben R (Author), Irwig, Les (Author), Glasziou, Paul (Author), Doust, Jenny (Author), Dhillon, Haryana (Author), McCaffery, Kirsten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 h...