The prevalence and management of heart failure in Dutch nursing homes; design of a multi-centre cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Heart failure is likely to be particularly prevalent in the nursing home population, but reliable data about the prevalence of heart failure in nursing homes are lacking. Therefore the aims of this study are to investigate (a) the prevalence and management of heart failure in nursing home residents and (b) the relation between heart failure and care dependency as well as heart failure and quality of life in nursing home residents. Methods/design Nursing home residents in the southern part of the Netherlands, aged over 65 years and receiving long-term somatic or psychogeriat... Mehr ...