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NCT Number: NCT02721030

Mbarara Acute Heart Failure Registry

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Heartfailure

Age range

13 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Mbarara, N/A = Not Applicable, 0256, Uganda

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. All-cause mortality

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Length of hospitalization

    Time frame: 1 year

    Length of hospital stay

  2. Quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 year

    Quality of life will be measured using SF-36 questionnaire.

  3. Functional status using the Kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 year

    Kansas city cardiomyopathy questionnaire will be used to measure functional status during hospitalization and quarterly after hospitalization with acute heartfailure.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Other

Collaborators

  • Abbott Point of Care
  • University of Virginia

Registry information

Official study title

Mbarara Acute Heart Failure Registry: Opportunities to Improve Care of Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Acronym: MAHFER

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2018
First posted
Mar 28, 2016
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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