Factors that increases Stroke in Patients at Al-Muthanna Governorate during 2018

Stroke is an abrupt onset of a neurologic deficit that is attributable to a focal vascular cause. Stroke can be classified According to vascular system into: arterial& venous, while according to pathology into: ischemic (infarction) & hemorrhagic stroke. The study aimed to determine trigger factors & their association with stroke, to determine risk factors of stroke &to estimate the prevalence of stroke in patients of Al-Muthanna province /Iraq. This study was a cross-sectional hospital-based study, done from May –December/ 2018 consisting of 100 Iraqi stroke patients whose are selected randomly from neurological ward in AL-Muthanna teaching hospital, on patients aged (50-80) years. History was taken from every included stroke patients & by radiological imaging (CT scan). Of 100 stroke patients, male: female ratio was 1.2:1. The extent of stroke was 87 % (ischemic) & 13% (hemorrhagic). Most common risk factor for stroke was hypertension (77%) and showed there was statistically significant association of Hypertension with stroke. Emotion trigger in our study was responsible for 76.90% of ischemic & 23% of hemorrhagic stroke. The statistical analysis was done by using SPSS version 23 and tests of significance were used (x2 test and Fisher exact test), and the Significant Probability value was ≤ 0.05. Current study showed that ischemic stroke was more common than hemorrhagic stroke in Al-Muthanna province while hypertension &emotion was the most significant risk &trigger factors respectively. There was significant association between hypertension, emotion and stroke by Univariate analysis.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

• Publication date

  2020-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.36295/asro.2020.231609
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