Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Detailed Assessment of the “I Need Help” Criteria in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights From the HELP-HF Registry
Main finding · All-cause mortality or first HF hospitalizationResult — go to the resultAdjusted HR for each criterion increase 1.19 95% CI 1.11–1.27Authors' conclusion
In our HF population, a higher number of "I Need Help" criteria was associated with a worse prognosis.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with heart failure (HF) and at least 1 high-risk "I Need Help" marker (HELP-HF registry)
- Participants
- 1,149 patients
- Exposure
- Cumulative number and individual "I Need Help" criteria
- Outcome
- Composite of:
- All-cause mortality
- First HF hospitalization
Methodological detailsmulticentre, consecutive patients, 4 centres
- Multicentre
- Consecutive patients
- 4 centres
Main finding
All-cause mortality or first HF hospitalization
Adjusted HR for each criterion increase
1.19
95% CI 1.11–1.27
P < 0.001
Higher cumulative number of "I Need Help" criteria
adjusted HR for each criterion increase 1.19 (95% CI 1.11–1.27); P < 0.001
Per criterion increase, as printed
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Distribution of number of "I Need Help" criteria
- 2 criteria
- 30.9%
- 3 criteria
- 22.6%
Original publication
Detailed Assessment of the “I Need Help” Criteria in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights From the HELP-HF Registry. Circ Heart Fail. Published 1 November 2023. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it