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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult women with a new diagnosis of heart failure after referral to the RVI Heart Failure Diagnostic Clinic; * Able to walk and perform activities of daily living independently; * New York Heart Association functional class II-IV; * Willingness to undertake physical activity monitoring; * Willingness to participate in a semi-structured interview (this is optional and the participant will be able to participate in the study if they choose not to take part in the interview); * Ability to read, write and converse in English without the support of an interpreter; * Able to provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Male; * Already diagnosed with heart failure; * Presented with severe symptoms requiring urgent assessment and stabilisation (e.g. breathless at rest, hypotension, confusion); * Major co-morbidity or other alternative diagnoses of no obvious acute and self-limiting cause (e.g. malignancy, severe respiratory disease, mental health problem); * Severe physical disability preventing them to function independently; * Clinically unstable with recent changes in medication; * Unable to provide informed consent.