Your Disease Risk: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
LittleWink (talk | contribs) m WPCleaner v1.23 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - App |
m Autowikibrowser clean up, typo(s) fixed: ’s → 's |
||
| (22 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Online health risk assessment tool}} |
|||
'''Your Disease Risk''' is a publicly available [[health risk assessment]] tool on the Internet.<ref> |
'''Your Disease Risk''' is a publicly available [[health risk assessment]] tool on the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|title=SPH Web Site Predicts Cancer Risk|newspaper=The Harvard Crimson|date=January 26, 2000|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/1/26/sph-web-site-predicts-cancer-risk/|first=Melissa K.|last=Crocker}}</ref> Launched in early 2000 and continually updated, the site offers risk assessments for twelve different cancers and four other important chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. |
||
The site began in 1998 as a pen and paper questionnaire called the Harvard Cancer Risk Index.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal | |
The site began in 1998 as a pen and paper questionnaire called the Harvard Cancer Risk Index.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal |vauthors=Colditz GA, Atwood KA, Emmons K, etal |title=Harvard report on cancer prevention volume 4: Harvard Cancer Risk Index. Risk Index Working Group, Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention |journal=Cancer Causes Control |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=477–88 |date=July 2000 |pmid=10880030 |url=http://www.kluweronline.com/art.pdf?issn=0957-5243&volume=11&page=477|doi=10.1023/A:1008984432272 }}</ref> In January 2000, The Harvard Cancer Risk Index developed into an online assessment and was renamed Your Cancer Risk, and offered assessments for four cancers: breast, colon, lung, and prostate. Six months later, eight additional cancers were added.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Voelker R |title=Quick uptakes: online risk assessment expands |journal=JAMA |volume=284 |issue=4 |pages=430–b–430 |date=July 2000|doi=10.1001/jama.284.4.430-b |pmid=10904490 }}</ref> |
||
In 2004, the site was renamed Your Disease Risk to reflect the addition of four further conditions: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Since many common chronic diseases share risk factors, the renaming promoted the importance of a healthy lifestyle to lowering disease risks. |
In 2004, the site was renamed Your Disease Risk to reflect the addition of four further conditions: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Since many common chronic diseases share risk factors, the renaming promoted the importance of a healthy lifestyle to lowering disease risks. |
||
| Line 7: | Line 8: | ||
In 2007, the site moved to the [[Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center]] at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] and [[Washington University School of Medicine]]. |
In 2007, the site moved to the [[Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center]] at [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital]] and [[Washington University School of Medicine]]. |
||
In |
In 2012, researchers released a related iPad [[Mobile app|app]], called Zuum, that offers customized advice for healthier living based on an individual's diet, exercise and other habits.<ref>{{cite web | last = Moore | first = Elizabeth Armstrong | title = Free iPad app guesses your risk for common diseases | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57485848-1/free-ipad-app-guesses-your-risk-for-common-diseases|access-date=January 11, 2013|website=CNET}}</ref> |
||
In December 2018, the site was re-designed to work across multiple screen sizes - from smartphone to desktop - and a new "Snapshot" tool was added, which provides a quick estimate of 6 diseases from one brief questionnaire. |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
Your Disease Risk has a simple, straightforward interface. Questionnaires can be completed in a matter of minutes, and for each disease, the site offers both a visual and verbal risk estimate as well as personalized tips for prevention. The site can also show users what their risk could be should they adopt various healthy behaviors. Tailored screening tips and recommendations for making health changes in communities are also part of site results. |
Your Disease Risk has a simple, straightforward interface. Questionnaires can be completed in a matter of minutes, and for each disease, the site offers both a visual and verbal risk estimate as well as personalized tips for prevention. The site can also show users what their risk could be should they adopt various healthy behaviors. Tailored screening tips and recommendations for making health changes in communities are also part of site results. |
||
== Methodology == |
== Methodology == |
||
The calculations and algorithms used to calculate and display risk estimates in Your Disease Risk are the product of an ongoing process of expert consensus.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Epidemiologists, clinicians, and other health specialists regularly review the current scientific evidence for each disease, identifying established and probable risk factors for each. This information is then used to develop or revise calculations that generate a |
The calculations and algorithms used to calculate and display risk estimates in Your Disease Risk are the product of an ongoing process of expert consensus.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Epidemiologists, clinicians, and other health specialists regularly review the current scientific evidence for each disease, identifying established and probable risk factors for each. This information is then used to develop or revise calculations that generate a user's risk of disease compared to average risk in the population for someone of the same age and sex. |
||
A validation study found Your Disease Risk to provide well calibrated estimates<ref name="Kim2004">{{cite journal| |
A validation study found Your Disease Risk to provide well calibrated estimates<ref name="Kim2004">{{cite journal|vauthors=Kim DJ, Rockhill B, Colditz GA |title=Validation of the Harvard Cancer Risk Index: a prediction tool for individual cancer risk |journal=J Clin Epidemiol |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=332–40 |date=April 2004 |pmid=15135833 |doi=10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.08.013}}</ref> of cancer risk in the general population. For individual women, the discriminatory accuracy<ref name="Kim2004" /> for colon cancer was 0.67, for ovarian cancer 0.59, and for pancreatic cancer was 0.71. For individual men, the discriminatory accuracy<ref name="Kim2004" /> for colon cancer was 0.71 and for pancreatic cancer was 0.72. These values exceed the performance of many other cancer risk prediction tools.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Rockhill B, Spiegelman D, Byrne C, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA |title=Validation of the Gail et al. model of breast cancer risk prediction and implications for chemoprevention |journal=J. Natl. Cancer Inst. |volume=93 |issue=5 |pages=358–66 |date=March 2001 |pmid=11238697 |url=http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11238697 |doi=10.1093/jnci/93.5.358|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Park Y, Freedman AN, Gail MH, etal |title=Validation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction model among white patients age 50 years and older |journal=J. Clin. Oncol. |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=694–8 |date=February 2009 |pmid=19114700 |doi=10.1200/JCO.2008.17.4813 |url=http://www.jco.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19114700 |pmc=2645089}}</ref> |
||
The approach used to calculate cancer risks in Your Disease Risk is also used to calculate the risks of the other diseases.<ref>About This Site |
The approach used to calculate cancer risks in Your Disease. Risk is also used to calculate the risks of the other diseases.<ref>{{cite web|title=About This Site|website=Your Disease Risk|year=2009|url=http://www.yourdiseaserisk.siteman.wustl.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=show&page=about}}</ref> Validation studies for these non-cancer estimates are ongoing.<ref>Colditz, G. Personal Communication. 2009.</ref> |
||
== Awards and |
== Awards and media == |
||
A winner of the eHealthcare Leadership Award,<ref>Strategic Health Care Communications |
A winner of the eHealthcare Leadership Award,<ref>{{cite web|work=Strategic Health Care Communications|title=Best Interactive Site 2008 eHealth Leadership Awards|url= http://www.strategichealthcare.com/awards/winnersInteractive.php}}</ref> Your Disease Risk has also been the topic of articles in major media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Parker-Pope|first=T.|title=Website Tallies Your Risk of Disease and Tells You What You Can Do About It|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=October 31, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Favorite Health Resources|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 29, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/health/30favorites.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Harvard can now assess your health risks via the internet|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/04/health.research|first=Jo|last=Revill|date=July 4, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Health: Finding a Diagnosis|newspaper=U.S. News & World Report|date=November 12, 2006|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/061112/20sites.health.htm}}</ref> |
||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Latest revision as of 17:09, 10 October 2023
Your Disease Risk is a publicly available health risk assessment tool on the Internet.[1] Launched in early 2000 and continually updated, the site offers risk assessments for twelve different cancers and four other important chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis.
The site began in 1998 as a pen and paper questionnaire called the Harvard Cancer Risk Index.[2] In January 2000, The Harvard Cancer Risk Index developed into an online assessment and was renamed Your Cancer Risk, and offered assessments for four cancers: breast, colon, lung, and prostate. Six months later, eight additional cancers were added.[3]
In 2004, the site was renamed Your Disease Risk to reflect the addition of four further conditions: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Since many common chronic diseases share risk factors, the renaming promoted the importance of a healthy lifestyle to lowering disease risks.
In 2007, the site moved to the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
In 2012, researchers released a related iPad app, called Zuum, that offers customized advice for healthier living based on an individual's diet, exercise and other habits.[4]
In December 2018, the site was re-designed to work across multiple screen sizes - from smartphone to desktop - and a new "Snapshot" tool was added, which provides a quick estimate of 6 diseases from one brief questionnaire.
User experience[edit]
Your Disease Risk has a simple, straightforward interface. Questionnaires can be completed in a matter of minutes, and for each disease, the site offers both a visual and verbal risk estimate as well as personalized tips for prevention. The site can also show users what their risk could be should they adopt various healthy behaviors. Tailored screening tips and recommendations for making health changes in communities are also part of site results.
Methodology[edit]
The calculations and algorithms used to calculate and display risk estimates in Your Disease Risk are the product of an ongoing process of expert consensus.[2] Epidemiologists, clinicians, and other health specialists regularly review the current scientific evidence for each disease, identifying established and probable risk factors for each. This information is then used to develop or revise calculations that generate a user's risk of disease compared to average risk in the population for someone of the same age and sex.
A validation study found Your Disease Risk to provide well calibrated estimates[5] of cancer risk in the general population. For individual women, the discriminatory accuracy[5] for colon cancer was 0.67, for ovarian cancer 0.59, and for pancreatic cancer was 0.71. For individual men, the discriminatory accuracy[5] for colon cancer was 0.71 and for pancreatic cancer was 0.72. These values exceed the performance of many other cancer risk prediction tools.[6][7]
The approach used to calculate cancer risks in Your Disease. Risk is also used to calculate the risks of the other diseases.[8] Validation studies for these non-cancer estimates are ongoing.[9]
Awards and media[edit]
A winner of the eHealthcare Leadership Award,[10] Your Disease Risk has also been the topic of articles in major media outlets.[11][12][13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ Crocker, Melissa K. (January 26, 2000). "SPH Web Site Predicts Cancer Risk". The Harvard Crimson.
- ^ a b Colditz GA, Atwood KA, Emmons K, et al. (July 2000). "Harvard report on cancer prevention volume 4: Harvard Cancer Risk Index. Risk Index Working Group, Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention" (PDF). Cancer Causes Control. 11 (6): 477–88. doi:10.1023/A:1008984432272. PMID 10880030.
- ^ Voelker R (July 2000). "Quick uptakes: online risk assessment expands". JAMA. 284 (4): 430–b–430. doi:10.1001/jama.284.4.430-b. PMID 10904490.
- ^ Moore, Elizabeth Armstrong. "Free iPad app guesses your risk for common diseases". CNET. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c Kim DJ, Rockhill B, Colditz GA (April 2004). "Validation of the Harvard Cancer Risk Index: a prediction tool for individual cancer risk". J Clin Epidemiol. 57 (4): 332–40. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.08.013. PMID 15135833.
- ^ Rockhill B, Spiegelman D, Byrne C, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA (March 2001). "Validation of the Gail et al. model of breast cancer risk prediction and implications for chemoprevention". J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 93 (5): 358–66. doi:10.1093/jnci/93.5.358. PMID 11238697.
- ^ Park Y, Freedman AN, Gail MH, et al. (February 2009). "Validation of a colorectal cancer risk prediction model among white patients age 50 years and older". J. Clin. Oncol. 27 (5): 694–8. doi:10.1200/JCO.2008.17.4813. PMC 2645089. PMID 19114700.
- ^ "About This Site". Your Disease Risk. 2009.
- ^ Colditz, G. Personal Communication. 2009.
- ^ "Best Interactive Site 2008 eHealth Leadership Awards". Strategic Health Care Communications.
- ^ Parker-Pope, T. (October 31, 2006). "Website Tallies Your Risk of Disease and Tells You What You Can Do About It". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Favorite Health Resources". New York Times. September 29, 2008.
- ^ Revill, Jo (July 4, 2004). "Harvard can now assess your health risks via the internet". The Guardian.
- ^ "Health: Finding a Diagnosis". U.S. News & World Report. November 12, 2006.