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Table 2 Data of interest

From: Epidemiology of heart failure in pediatric populations in low- and middle-income countries: a protocol for a systematic review

 

Types of data

Study identification

Last name of the first author, year of publication, name of the journal

Study characteristics

Participants’ recruitment period, country, region, study design, study site, study setting, sampling method, timing of data collection, response rate, proportion of lost to follow-up

Participants characteristics

Mean/median age, sex distribution, proportions participants with any therapy

Diagnosis and classification

Diagnostic criteria used for HF, number of different etiologies and classification used

Prevalence, incidence, and mortality

Number of participants, total person time of follow-up, number of HF cases, number of deaths, reported etiologies, incidence rate of death in patients with HF, numbers of hospitalization, incidence rate of hospitalization in patients with HF, numbers of re-hospitalization

Economic burden data

Cost of hospital stay per patient per day, cost of medications per patient per month, cost of laboratory tests per patient per month, cost of medical devices per patient per month, cost of heart transplantation per patient, cost of surgical repair of CHD, cost of follow-up per month

Factors associated with HF and predictors of mortality, hospital admission, and readmission

As listed in studies

  1. HF heart failure