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Anaemia among Patients of Heart Failure in a Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorBhandari, Abhishek
dc.contributor.authorShah, Prashant
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Naveen Kumar
dc.contributor.authorNepal, Richa
dc.contributor.authorSherchand, Ojaswee
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-16T06:44:48Z
dc.date.available2026-02-16T06:44:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionAbhishek Bhandari Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6889-5793 Prashant Shah Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Naveen Kumar Pandey Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Richa Nepal Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7576-2593 Ojaswee Sherchand Department of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Introduction: Anaemia is an important comorbidity common in patients with heart failure and is associated with poor clinical status and worse outcomes. In Nepal few studies have evaluated anaemia amongst patients suffering from heart failure. We intended to find out the prevalence of anaemia in patients with heart failure in a tertiary care centre. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among patients of heart failure presenting to tertiary care hospital in eastern Nepal from April 2017 to January 2018. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee of a tertiary care centre (reference number: IRC/0842/016). Using the convenience sampling method, 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Blood samples from the patients were taken for haemoglobin and serum iron studies. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 11. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated, with frequency and percentage. Results: Among 100 patients with heart failure, 82 (82%) (74.47-89.53 at 95% Confidence Interval) had anaemia. Mean haemoglobin level of the study population was 10.40±2.73 g/dl. Fifty four (54%) of patients had iron deficiency status irrespective of presence or absence of anaemia. Conclusions: Prevalence of anaemia among patients of heart failure in our study was found to be higher than various other homologous international studies.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6486
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4775
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectanaemia
dc.subjectheart failure
dc.subjectiron deficiency
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.titleAnaemia among Patients of Heart Failure in a Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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