Take part in a heart disease study and raise money for the British Heart Foundation
Internet users can assess their future risk of having heart disease by visiting www.myHeartRisk.co.uk. It’s a new website developed by Cardiff University experts to assess the risk of developing heart disease in the future, by using information about health status and lifestyle. There is also an electronic questionnaire which asks people’s opinions about their risk. Heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK and lots of people do not know they are at risk from it, but it can be reduced by making small changes to your lifestyle, such as adopting healthier behaviours or taking medication.
Therefore, it is important to have an assessment to know if you are at risk. The aim of the research study is to examine perceptions and attitudes towards heart disease, and provide insight into what people think about their risk when it is presented to them in a certain way.
Professor Glyn Elwyn from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine said: “myHeartRisk is a quick and ‘easy- to-use’ website that provides an estimation to those who may not have thought about their risk of heart disease before.”
The study is looking for volunteers to visit the website, who are aged between 45 and 64 years of age, have not been previously diagnosed with heart disease, had a cardiac event (such as a heart attack or angina) or had a stroke. Best thing of all? They’ll donate £1 to the British Heart Foundation for every person who takes part and completes the study. The University is hoping to raise over £1,000 so click here to take part.
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