ONE YEAR PREVALENCE OF STROKE AMONG ADULT PATIENTS VISITING WUSTH FROM AUGUST 2014- AUGUST 2015EC

Abstract

Background Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in developing countries. The burden of stroke has varied widely in different areas, and there is a paucity of information about stroke in the selected study area. Objectives Prevalence of stroke among patients visiting WUSTH from august 2014 to august 2015EC. Method Hospital based retrospective observational study in patients who visited WUSTH medical emergency from august 2014 - august 2015 EC was conducted. A pretested checklist was used to extract relevant data from the chart of stroke patients as secondary data. All statistical analyses were performed in the SPSS version 25 software. Results A total of 422 case of stroke were retrieved from the record room. Among those 19 cases were found to be stroke patients. Among stroke patients CT scan reports were found in patients. The prevalence of stroke among patients admitted to medical emergency ward was 4.5%. The CT scan performance rate was 31.6%. Among these 12 (63.2%) were males and 7 (36.8%) were females. Among stroke patient’s majority of the cases were >65year 11(57.9%) followed by those between 45 -65years and 15-45years each accounting 4(21.1%). Their mean age was 64.4 years. The most common clinical feature was body weakness 12(63.2%) followed by failure to communicate 4(21.1%), and loss of consciousness 2(10.5%). The average time at presentation was 16hr