SMARTSHAPE

Patient Story Dina
20 Years of New Eyesight

“My story begins 20 years ago during the Christmas holidays. I was visiting my parents in Kentucky. My mother remarked that my eyes looked funny and asked if I was feeling okay. I of course told her that I was fine and was looking forward to Christmas with the Family.” This is how Dina’s hypertension journey starts.

Dina is one of the members of the Patient Experience Panel in SMARTSHAPE. As the patient perspective is crucial to the project, SMARTSHAPE actively collaborates with this panel, that brings the patients’ voice into the scientific research.

What did her hypertension journey look like? Find her story here:


Prof. William Wijns, project coordinator SMARTSHAPE, comments on the story: “Dina’s story is moving and inspiring. It shows the need for better monitoring of blood pressure, to be able to identify and diagnose hypertension at an earlier stage. The idea of the SMARTSHAPE device is that it will collect rich data about your blood pressure in daily life. Access to this unique dataset will allow patients enhanced ownership over their own blood pressure monitoring.”

 

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