Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:51 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:51 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03512704
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion criteria:
* Patients with a diagnosis of heart failure (code ICD-9-CM: 428.x, some of the 402.x) who come to hospital emergencies according to the definition, signs and symptoms used to diagnose the disease according to the clinical practice guide of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, such as, among others, lack of air or fatigue at rest or during exercise; signs of fluid retention, such as pulmonary congestion or swelling of the ankles, and objective evidence of a structural or functional cardiac disturbance at rest .
* Patients over 18 years of age and belonging to the hospital's coverage area.
* Patients who agree to participate and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria:
* Patients who develop episode of HF during admission, if they have been admitted for another cause.
* Patients transferred from other health centers, since study variables may be missing.
* Cerebrovascular accident in the 4 weeks before admission.
* Patients who do not wish to participate.
* Terminal status that prevents them from participating in completing the questionnaires.
* Impossibility to complete the questionnaires or with external help (reviewer, family, social) due to neurosensory, dementia or ignorance of the language.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03512704
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03512704