The Pattern and Distribution of Risk Factors of Stroke among Yemeni Patients at USTH and Al-Gumhori Teaching Hospital in Sana'a City, Yemen

Abdulwasi  Mojahed; Kholood AL-hobaishi

doi:10.65693/j21umas.2024.v3i1.202

المؤلفون

Abdulwasi Mojahed جامعة 21 سبتمبر للعلوم الطبية والتطبيقية المؤلف
Kholood AL-hobaishi جامعة 21 سبتمبر للعلوم الطبية والتطبيقية المؤلف

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.65693/j21umas.2024.v3i1.202

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Risk Factors, Stroke, Stroke Patients

الملخص

Background: Strokes are a heterogeneous group of disorders involving sudden and focal interruption of cerebral blood flow that causes neurologic deficit.
Aim: This study aimed to assess the distribution of risk factors of stroke among Yemeni patients diagnosed at University of Science & Technology Hospital (USTH) & AL-Gumhuri Hospital in Sana'a City, Yemen.
Methodology: This study was descriptive cross-sectional. It include 161 stroke patients in Al-Gumhori Hospital and USTH, Sana'a, April, 2022. The sample was selected by a simple randomized method. Demographic data included personal data, age, gender, social habits (such as chewing Qat), smoking, medical history, the type of stroke...etc. Data were collected from the participants through interviews of close and open-ended questionnaires. The statistical program (SPSS version 23) was used in data analysis, including frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and p-value.
Results: The total number of participants in this study was 161. The findings showed that the stroke type of about three fourths of the participants (73.3%) was Ischemic, 19.9% were of Hemorrhage, and only 2.5% were of TIA. The findings also showed that about two thirds of perticipants (64.6%) were male and about half of them (47.2%) were between the age of 45 to 64 years. The average of age was 59.08, of which 65.8% have HTN, 37.9% of the patients reported to have Diabetes Miletus, the average of Triglyceride was 128.01(56.97) where 17.4% of them have Triglyceride greater than 150. HDL cholesterol average was (36.21(13.30), LDL cholesterol average was 102.0(33.6), HTN, as stroke risk factor, gets more prevalent as patients get older and older $(p<0.05)$. DM is more associated with ages above 45 years $(p<0.05)$. The findings revealed that while hypertension and DM are two significant risk factors of Hemorrhagic stroke type, hypertension is significantly associated with risk factors of Ischemic stroke type $(p<0.05)$.
Conclusion: Prevalence of stroke in males was almost twice high than in females. The age-specific prevalence showed a gradual rising trend with increasing age. The most common risk factors observed among stroke patients are Hypertension, then dyslipidemia, tobacco use, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease, respectively.

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