Provide the date of his death, it is now possible -in theory. Swedish researchers, members of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have developed an online questionnaire named “ubble” capable of predicting whether an individual aged 40 to 70 years is at risk of dying in the coming five years. If the idea is cold in the back, it could be very useful, however, since the results of the questionnaire would improve the medical care of doctors, as argued in their scientific study published Wednesday, June 3rd in the prestigious journal Medical Lancet .
ubble firstly interrogates the user on his daily life: how many people does he live? How many cars does he have? What are their eating habits? How fast does it work? Then he “investigated” the medical record of the person, for example asking if his last visits to the doctor revealed a health disorder quelquconque or has recently experienced a potentially traumatic event.
According to the researchers, the purpose of the calculator, developed by Dr. Thomas Perls, a professor of medicine at Boston University, is not to panic but to help the crowds “family physicians to identify potentially at-risk patients.” “The score can be measured in line with a short questionnaire, without the need for laboratory testing or examination” also explains Andrea Ganna, researcher at Karolinska Institute.
Still , ubble is far from infallible. Result monitoring some 500,000 British volunteers aged 40 to 70 years from 2007 to 2010, the system does not take into account the chance that dangerous gangrene (or embellished) the daily of everyone and therefore has a margin of error, scientists admit themselves.
You have between 40 and 70 years and you want to scare you? Visit www.ubble.co.uk for free.
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