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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF) has launched two online heart health initiatives targeted at workers. They are the "Heart Age Calculator" and Singapore's first ever "Automated External Defibrillator Registry".
The Heart Age Calculator is based on the concept that your "heart age" can be higher or lower than your actual age. Working adults can use this tool to take stock of the effect of work stress on their hearts.
The calculator is also dependent on a number of factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight and whether a person smokes.
Associate Professor Lim Soo Teik, chairman, National Heart Week, World Heart Day Organising Committee, said: "There has been extensive research and evidence of the impact of stress relating to heart disease.
"We hope the result gives individuals a personal motivation for changing their behaviour to try to bring their heart age in line with their chronological age, especially with regards to stress in the work environment."
Studies have shown that the odds of a heart attack can double for those who face prolonged stress at work. And so, SHF has put together a list of all buildings that have installed Automated External Defibrillators (AED).
SHF hopes that with the registry, an AED can be rendered more quickly and save the life of a person who suffers from a cardiac arrest at the workplace.
The Heart Age Calculator and the AED Registry are available on SHF's website.
The two online initiatives are tied to this year's theme for World Heart Day - "Work with Heart". SHF will be marking the day with an annual two-day Heart Fair 2009 on October 24 and 25.
The event, to be held in Woodlands, seeks to increase public awareness and promote preventive measures to reduce cardiovascular disease.
- CNA/sc
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