Protocol for a National Acute Rheumatic Fever Case-Finding Program and Registry in Nepal

Nepal is the geographic focus of this protocol for implementing a standardized acute rheumatic fever (ARF) case-finding program and integrated clinical registry across 11 district and referral hospitals. The document describes the study methodology, which uses the 2015 modified Jones criteria, standardized echocardiography, and a REDCap registry for follow-up. Authored by Sheila Klassen, the protocol was last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Study implementation outcomes like acceptability and feasibility based on Proctor's taxonomy mentioned in the description
• Analyze contextual determinants of program adoption based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)
• Examine diagnostic patterns and follow-up completion rates over a 12-month period as described in the protocol

Strengths

• Protocol is associated with a multi-site implementation study across 11 hospitals in Nepal
• The study design incorporates a standardized 12-month evaluation period for care-process indicators
• Document is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• The dataset is a 23.4 KB DOCX protocol document, not a structured data file containing patient records
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the file contains descriptive text rather than a tabular dataset
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-05-07)

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Protocol document describing a planned implementation study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:42:15

Geography

Nepal