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.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
217
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Mbarara, N/A = Not Applicable, Uganda
All-cause mortality
Time frame: 1 year
Length of hospitalization
Length of hospital stay
Time frame: 1 year
Quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire
Quality of life will be measured using SF-36 questionnaire.
Time frame: 1 year
Functional status using the Kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire
Kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire will be used to measure functional status during hospitalization and quarterly after hospitalization with acute heartfailure.
Time frame: 1 year
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