TY - JOUR
T1 - What is known about heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - a scoping review of the English literature
AU - Kimani, Kellen
AU - Namukwaya, Elizabeth
AU - Grant, Liz
AU - Murray, Scott A
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PY - 2016/1/12
Y1 - 2016/1/12
N2 - We systematically reviewed and summarised existing knowledge on heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We searched the following databases Web of Science, EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Global Health, CINAHL and African Journals Online using a combination of key words: heart failure or congestive heart failure or cardiac failure. We limited our search to studies conducted in SSA and articles published 2000-2014. Twenty-seven articles met our inclusion criteria and all were quantitative studies. Existing knowledge is focused on 3 key areas: (1) epidemiology of heart failure, (2) psychological burden of heart failure, and (3) patient knowledge and compliance to treatment. SSA would benefit from longitudinal qualitative research on the experience of living with heart failure.
AB - We systematically reviewed and summarised existing knowledge on heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We searched the following databases Web of Science, EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Global Health, CINAHL and African Journals Online using a combination of key words: heart failure or congestive heart failure or cardiac failure. We limited our search to studies conducted in SSA and articles published 2000-2014. Twenty-seven articles met our inclusion criteria and all were quantitative studies. Existing knowledge is focused on 3 key areas: (1) epidemiology of heart failure, (2) psychological burden of heart failure, and (3) patient knowledge and compliance to treatment. SSA would benefit from longitudinal qualitative research on the experience of living with heart failure.
U2 - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000924
DO - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000924
M3 - Literature review
C2 - 26758468
SN - 2045-435X
VL - 7
JO - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
JF - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
IS - 2
ER -