Development and validation of a risk stratification model for prediction of disability and hospitalisation in patients with heart failure: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic heart failure (CHF) reduces quality of life and causes hospitalisation and death. Identifying predictive factors of such events may help change the natural history of this condition.

Aim

To develop and validate a stratification system for classifying patients with CHF, according to their degree of disability and need for hospitalisation due to any unscheduled cause, over a period of 1 year.

Methods and analysis

Prospective, concurrent, cohort-type study in two towns in the Madrid autonomous region having a combined population of 1 32 851. The study will include patients aged over 18 years who meet the following diagnostic criteria: symptoms and typical signs of CHF (Framingham criteria) and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF)<50% or structural c

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Olmos L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623349 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature