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Table 3.6.8 continued<br />

Author<br />

Year<br />

Reference<br />

Country<br />

Study design<br />

Setting<br />

Population<br />

Inclusion & exclusion criteria<br />

Prevalence<br />

Index test<br />

Reference test<br />

Number of patients<br />

Drop-out rate<br />

Rater<br />

Rater training<br />

Interobserver reliability<br />

Outcome measure<br />

Sensitivity<br />

Specificity<br />

Study quality<br />

Comments<br />

Haworth et al<br />

2007<br />

[29]<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Design<br />

Cross sectional<br />

Setting<br />

Hospital outpatient cardiology<br />

clinic serving a local community<br />

Population<br />

n=203 consecutive persons<br />

approached by mail<br />

Inclusion criteria<br />

Symptoms of heart failure<br />

≥3 months, despite the<br />

use of loop diuretics<br />

left ventricular systolic<br />

dysfunction<br />

Exclusion criteria<br />

Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator<br />

MMSE score

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