Ghana heart failure registry

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Heart failure; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18216214
• Lead Sponsor: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Brief Summary

2024 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.2196/52616 (added 09/04/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-08-18
• Last Update Posted: 22 April 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with confirmed heart failure
2. Patients 13 years or older
3. Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who are unwilling to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The following primary outcome measures are assessed using patient data that will be collated into a heart failure registry at 6 and 12 months:<br>1. Epidemiological profile of heart failure in Ghana <br>2. Heart failure rehospitalisation in patients with heart failure <br>3. Number of deaths in patients with heart failure<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The following secondary outcome measures are assessed using patient data that will be collated into a heart failure registry, unless otherwise stated, at 6 and 12 months:<br>1. Clinical characteristics of heart failure patients in Ghana <br>2. Treatment patterns of heart failure in Ghana <br>3. Causes of heart failure in Ghana using history, clinical signs, laboratory findings and imaging<br>4. Factors that predict rehospitalisation and death in heart failure patients in Ghana<br>