Table 2.

Inclusion/ exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
• Admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of acute decompensated HF	• Refusal to participate
• Age ≥18 years	• Unable to provide informed consent/complete study assessments
• Fulfilling the ESC diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of HF	○ Confusion/dementia
• HF‐REF, HF‐PEF and valvular HF will be included	○ Learning difficulties
	○ Unable to read or write English language
	○ Moribund
	• Readmission
	• Geographical reasons, not from catchment area
	• Isolated cor pulmonale
	• Acute coronary syndrome complicated by pulmonary oedema

ESC, European Society of Cardiology; HF, heart failure; HF‐REF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HF‐PEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.