Heart failure clinic inclusion and exclusion criteria: cross-sectional study of clinic's and referring provider's perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There are substantial variations in entry criteria for heart failure (HF) clinics, leading to variations in whom providers refer for these life-saving services. This study investigated actual versus ideal HF clinic inclusion or exclusion criteria and how that related to referring providers' perspectives of ideal criteria.

Design, setting and participants

Two cross-sectional surveys were administered via research electronic data capture to clinic providers and referrers (eg, cardiologists, family physicians and nurse practitioners) across Canada.

Measures

Twenty-seven criteria selected based on the literature and HF guidelines were tested. Respondents were asked to list any additional criteria. The degree of agreement was assessed (eg, Kappa).

Results

SUBMITTER: Mamataz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941180 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature