According to a new study by scientists from University College London (UK), a simple survey of people as an addition to medical tests can help to more accurately determine a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease, which, in turn, will allow early prevention and prevent the development of the disease.
In their work, the researchers improved the SCORE scale (questionnaire for assessing the risk of fatal cardiovascular diseases) by adding factors such as education, employment, marital status, mental health, BMI (body mass index) and physical activity, and found that this extended questionnaire, which they called HAPIEE-SCORE, allows them to more accurately predict the risk of developing heart disease. The data obtained through the HAPIEE-SCORE questionnaire will help doctors make faster decisions about prescribing a patient to take prophylactic drugs called statins, which will reduce the likelihood of developing the disease and possible death from it.
Authors of the study, the results of which are published in the journal European Heart Journalsay that if the new patient survey model had been introduced earlier, it would have allowed half a million people to get better advice on how to start taking preventive drugs.
Our research shows that predicting risk using a simple questionnaire that includes psychosocial and behavioral factors can be as informative as medical tests: blood pressure measurements, blood cholesterol tests
etc. Also, our discovery can help many people to pass a health check-up without leaving their homes, which is especially important during a pandemic – says Dr. Taavi Tillmann, lead author of the study.
Previously, ridus.ru wrote about unexpected symptomsthat indicate heart problems.
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