Burden of heart failure in Flemish general practices: a registry-based study in the Intego database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the prevalence and incidence of heart failure (HF) stages A to C/D and their evolution over a 16-year period. Additionally, trends in comorbidities and cardiovascular (CV) treatment in patients with HF were studied in the same period.

Design

Registry-based study.

Setting

Primary care, Flanders, Belgium.

Participants

Data were obtained from Intego, a morbidity registration network in which 111 general practitioners of 48 practices collaborate. In the study period between 2000 and 2015, data from 165 796 unique patients aged 45 years and older were available.

Outcome measures

Prevalence and incidence were calculated for HF stage A, B and C/D by gender. Additionally, the trend in age-standardised prevalence and incidence rates between 2

SUBMITTER: Smeets M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326340 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature