PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kimani, Kellen
AU  - Namukwaya, Elizabeth
AU  - Grant, Liz
AU  - Murray, Scott A
TI  - What is known about heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of the English literature
AID  - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000924
DP  - 2017 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
PG  - 122--127
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
4099  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/7/2/122.short
4100  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/7/2/122.full
SO  - BMJ Support Palliat Care2017 Jun 01; 7
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.