Mbarara Acute Heart Failure Registry: Opportunities to Improve Care of Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Heartfailure
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
- Enrollment
- 217
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- All-cause mortality
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a prospective cohort to describe clinical characteristics, predictors of poor outcomes both during hospitalization and at home, functional status, and quality of life among patients aged 13 years or more, consecutively admitted with acute decompensated heart failure at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
Detailed Description
This is a prospective observational cohort study to collect comprehensive data of heartfailure patients during and after hospitalization for acute heart failure at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), Uganda. The investigators will collect sociodemographic, clinical, quality of life, functional status, and clinical cardiovascular disease measures during hospitalization and follow up for up to 1 year from the date of enrollment.
Investigators
Samson Okello
Clinical Lecturer/Epidemiologist
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients admitted with a confirmed clinical diagnosis of acute heartfailure aged 13 years or above at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Exclusion Criteria
- •Body swelling from kidney disease, liver disease or malnutrition.
- •Acute kidney disease with no previous history/documentation of heart disease.
- •History suggestive of chronic kidney disease with no previous history/documentation of heart disease.
- •History suggestive of chronic liver disease with no previous history/documentation of heart disease.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
All-cause mortality
Time Frame: 1 year
Secondary Outcomes
- Length of hospitalization(1 year)
- Functional status using the Kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire(1 year)
- Quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire(1 year)