Three students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) have designed an application named Decardia that can monitor the level or risk in cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes.
The students develop the apps due to the high rate of diabetes prevalence in Indonesia. Even the highest fatality rate is caused by complications of cardiovascular diseases.
“Early detection is therefore important to know the level of cardiovascular risk such as heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years. Early detection can anticipate against risks so that these risks can be reduced and controlled,” said Andri Cipta on Monday (12/8).
The Nursing student initiated Decardia with her fellow students Nadhifah Azzahrah Yumna and Muhammad Nabhan Naufal in the Student Creativity Program. The project earned grants from Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education and went through to National Student Scientific Week held in August in Bali.
Andri explained the app was added on with features such as user guide, risk calculation, and education. It is also simple. Users will only need to input data for assessment such as age, sex, cholesterol level, blood pressure, and smoking status. These data will be processed by the system that generates the level of cardiovascular risk.
“The risk level is divided into four categories, low, medium, high, and very high. After the level is known, educational information will be displayed to control the risk,” she said.
Andri said they were still further developing the app. They hoped it would soon be launched in Play Store or App Store so it can help people reduce and control cardiovascular risks in patients with diabetes.
