Stroke in Qatar: A one-year, hospital-based study

Hamad, Abdullah; Hamad, Anas; Sokrab, Tag-Eldin O.; Momeni, Samir; Mesraoua, Boulenouar; Lingren, Arne

doi:10.1053/jscd.2001.30382

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“…A highly statistically significant difference was found between total knowledge and practices score pre and post the implementation of the program. This is in accordance with a study carried out by Hamad (2001) 33 & Farahat et al (2008) 17 . Also, congruent with the present study finding, all the family caregivers of the poststroke patients in a study carried out by Abd El Ghany (2006) 34 , recorded a significant improvement in knowledge and practices after health education sessions whether in post-test one or two compared to their initial assessment done through the pre-test.…”

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confidence: 93%

Impact of Informal Caregivers Training Program On Geriatric Patients’ Functional Status and Post-Stroke Depression

Shebl¹,

Elhameed²

2014

IOSRJNHS

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confidence: 93%

Impact of Informal Caregivers Training Program On Geriatric Patients’ Functional Status and Post-Stroke Depression

Shebl¹,

Elhameed²

2014

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“…Our results are consistent with two other Arabic studies and an Australian study that found stroke to be more common in males than females (range for males 55.9-75%) [7,24,25,26]. However, one study from Saudi Arabia showed an equal ratio of males to females [27] and another from Kuwait showed a slightly higher female preponderance at 51.7% [28].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Epidemiological Study and Risk Factors of Stroke in Assiut Governorate, Egypt: Community-Based Study

Khedr¹,

El-Fetoh²,

Attar

et al. 2013

Neuroepidemiology

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Background: Because there have been no epidemiological studies of stroke in Egypt, a community-based survey was conducted in the Assiut Governorate to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of stroke in our community. Methods: A three-phase door-to-door study was performed in which 6,498 participants were chosen by random sampling from 7 districts in Assiut (first phase). Out of this sample, 578 dropped out leaving 3,066 males (51.8%) and 2,854 females (48.2%). There were 3,660 (61.8%) urban residents and 2,260 (38.2%) from the rural community. In the second phase participants were screened using the questionnaire for stroke, while the third phase involved medical evaluation of all suspected cases, with diagnosis of stroke confirmed by evaluation of CT scans. The Mini Mental State Examination and Hamilton Depression Scale were evaluated for each patient. Results: 65 participants were identified as positive on the survey questionnaire, but only 57 patients were found to have stroke, giving a crude prevalence rate of 963/100,000 inhabitants with an age-adjusted local prevalence rate of 699.2/100,000 and an age-adjusted prevalence relative to the standard world population of 980.9/100,000. The prevalence among males was higher than females (1174/100,000 vs. 736/100,000) with a ratio 1.7:1. There was a significantly higher prevalence of ischemic (895/100,000) than hemorrhagic (68/100,000) stroke. Stroke prevalence was the same in rural and urban areas and in males and females. There was, however, a significantly higher prevalence in illiterate (2413/100,000) than literate participants (357/100,000). Forty-two patients (73.7%) had one or more risk factors for stroke, hypertension being the commonest (66%) and diabetes mellitus second (38.6%). Nine cases had poststroke dementia (15.8%) and 14 cases (24.6%) had mild depression. Conclusions: The overall prevalence rate of stroke is high, especially in older adults, men and illiterate individuals. A higher prevalence of ischemic than hemorrhagic stroke was recorded, with hypertension and diabetes mellitus being the commonest risk factors in our community.

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“…Our results suggest that a higher proportion of stroke occurs in young adults and children (14% of all stroke cases occurred in those younger than 45). These rates are comparable to those reported in the nearby countries such as Qatar (18%) and Libya (19.1%), 16,17 but they are certainly higher than those reported in the western countries. 18 The in-hospital mortality rate for this group was 21.2%, which was higher than the 3.4% to 11.2% 30-day case fatality rate in Norwegian 19 and Italian 20 patients with young-adult stroke.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%