Multidimensional needs of patients living and dying with heart failure in Kenya: a serial interview study

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Characteristics of patients recruited for this study

Participant No	Aetiology of heart failure	NYHA class	Duration in study (months)	Alive or Dead at end of study
1.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	6	Alive
2.	Hypertensive heart disease	IV	6	Alive
3.	Dilated cardiomyopathy	IV	6	Alive
4.	Cor pulmonale	III	6	Alive
5.	Cor pulmonale	IV	6	Alive
6.	Hypertensive heart disease	IV	2	Dead^b
7.	Dilated cardiomyopathy	III	6	Alive
8.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	6	Alive
9.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	1^a	Not known
10.	Cor pulmonale	IV	5	Dead^c
11.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	6	Alive
12.	Unknown	IV	6	Alive
13.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	6	Alive
14.	Hypertensive heart disease	IV	1	Dead^b
15.	Dilated cardiomyopathy	III	1^a	Not known
16.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	6	Alive
17.	Hypertensive heart disease	III	5^a	Not known
18.	Cor pulmonale	IV	1^a	Not known

NYHA New York Heart Association, ^adeemed untraceable at end of study period, ^bbereavement interviews held, ^ccarer untraceable

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