Add the diary to your home screen
Then always open it from that icon.
Get a daily reminder
A reminder at the same time each day helps you log every day, including days with no discomfort.
Adds a repeating event with an alert to your iPhone's Calendar.
Easiest: a daily alarm
- Open the Clock app and tap Alarm.
- Tap +, set the time you chose above, and select every day of the week.
- Name it "Log chest discomfort" and tap Save.
Or in Google Calendar
Tap + › Event, name it "Log chest discomfort", set the time, change Does not repeat to Every day, then tap Save.
How many angina episodes did you have?
How bad was the worst episode?
0 = no discomfort, 10 = the worst discomfort imaginable
GTN doses taken
Sprays or tablets under the tongue
Which word best describes the discomfort?
Choose one. If episodes felt different, choose the most common.
Where did you feel it?
Tap every area, including where it spread to. Tap again to untick.
What were you doing when it began?
Tick all that apply
How much did chest discomfort limit what you did?
Did it ease within about 5 minutes of resting?
If you had more than one episode, think about most of them.
If it doesn't ease with rest, use your GTN. If discomfort hasn't settled 5 minutes after a second dose, call 999.
Did you have any of these symptoms?
Tick all that apply, even on days without chest discomfort
Weekly activity test
Once a week, do the same everyday activity that usually brings on your chest discomfort, then record what happened. Doing the same activity each week shows whether things are changing.
Your activity:
Did you do the activity this week?
Did it bring on your chest discomfort?
How bad was it?
0 = no discomfort, 10 = the worst discomfort imaginable
Did it ease within about 5 minutes of resting?
If it doesn't ease with rest, use your GTN. If discomfort hasn't settled 5 minutes after a second dose, call 999.
Weekly check-in
Three quick questions, once a week. Choose one answer for each.
Which symptom bothers you the most?
Which symptom affects your day-to-day life the most?
Which symptom limits your exercise or activity the most?
Optional. In the Health app, tap Browse › Activity › Steps.
History
Last 14 days. Bar height is the number of episodes, color is the worst discomfort, and the line is daily steps.
Discomfort and activity
Steps on Android
Importing works with the iPhone Health app only. To compare discomfort with activity, type each day's steps into the Steps box when you log. You'll find your daily count in Google Fit, Samsung Health, or your phone's fitness app.
Import from Apple Health
Adds daily steps, exercise minutes and flights climbed for the past year. Re-import any time to update.
- Open the Health app and tap your picture (top right).
- Tap Export All Health Data, then Save to Files.
- Come back here and choose that export.zip file.
Entries
Angina medicines
Keep this list up to date whenever a medicine is started, stopped or the dose changes. Your doctor uses it to compare your symptoms with your treatment.
Taking now
Add a medicine
Medicines that didn't suit me
Angina medicines you had side effects from, or had to stop.
Tick all that apply
Past changes
Don't change or stop a medicine without speaking to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. GTN spray or tablets are recorded on the Log screen instead.
For your doctor
Your diary stays private. Share it only if you want to.
Contacts
For symptoms that need help today, phone rather than email.
Back up your diary
Paste the copied backup into a note or email to yourself and keep it somewhere safe.
Restore from a backup
Adds a backed-up diary to this phone. Entries you already have are kept; where a day appears in both, the newer version is kept.
Or paste a copied backup
Daily reminder
If you added it to Calendar
- Open the Calendar app and tap any "Log chest discomfort" event.
- Tap Delete Event at the bottom.
- Choose Delete All Future Events.
If you set it up in Reminders
Open Reminders, swipe left on "Log chest discomfort", and tap Delete.
If you used a Clock alarm
Open Clock › Alarm and switch off the "Log chest discomfort" alarm, or press and hold it to delete it.
If you used Google Calendar
Tap the event, tap ⋮ › Delete, choose All events, then tap OK.
If you used Samsung Calendar
Tap the event, tap Delete, then choose All events.
You can turn it back on any time with "Set up a reminder".
Angina diary summary
Recorded by the patient. Not reviewed or monitored by the care team.
Angina burden score
Anginal vs non-anginal episodes
Angina score (frequency and severity)
Type of angina
Anti-anginal medicines
Anti-anginal intolerances
Angina and medicines over time
Episodes and worst discomfort each day
Other symptoms
What matters most to the patient
Weekly activity test
Where it was felt
What it felt like
What they were doing when it began
How much it limited activity
Activity
Days to note
Severe discomfort (7+), discomfort at rest or waking from sleep, 3+ GTN doses, or a blackout or faint.
Saved on this device