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Evaluation of 5-Year Epidemiological Prevalence of Stroke cases in Golestan Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran from 2015 to 2019
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Farkhondeh Jamshidi1    , Ehsan Dehghani2 , Kourosh Zarea3 , Reza Bavarsad Shahri4 , Maryam Rostami 5 |
1- Department of Forensic Medicine and Social Determinant of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
2- Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
3- Nursing Care Research Center in Chronic Diseases, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
4- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
5- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran , m6326726@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (817 Views) |
Introduction: Stroke is the third most common cause of death in developed countries and the most common neurologically debilitating disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the 5-year epidemiological prevalence of stroke cases in Ahvaz, Iran.
Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the files of patients admitted to the neurology ward of Golestan Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran who were diagnosed with stroke based on clinical symptoms and CT scan during the years 2015-2019 were reviewed. Relevant data were analyzed by SPSS software and statistical tests.
Results: The mean age of patients was 66.58±14.31 years and 55.2% were male. 22.9% of patients were smoker, 4.4% consumed alcohol and 10.9% consumed opioids. Also, 95.1% of patients lacked regular physical activity. In terms of comorbidities, 68% of patients had hypertension, 42.4% had diabetes, 19% had dyslipidemia and 8.1% had autoimmune diseases. In addition, 26.3% of patients had a previous history of stroke, 34.1% had a history of heart attack and 43.5% of patients had a family history of stroke. Re-stroke was significantly associated with family history of stroke (P<0.05) but was not significantly associated with gender and age.
Conclusion: In patients with stroke, low physical activity, high blood pressure and diabetes were high, which shows the importance of attention and correction of these risk factors to prevent stroke. |
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| Keywords: Epidemiology, Risk factors, Stroke |
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Type of Article: Research Article |
Subject:
Forensic Epidemiology
Received: 2022/09/21 | Revised: 2023/06/26 | Accepted: 2022/11/21 | ePublished: 2023/02/5
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