Epidemiological Profile of Stroke patients at Neuropsychiatry Department, Tanta University Hospitals

Abstract

Background: Stroke is the second most common cause of death and long-term disability worldwide with up to one of every six survivors remaining permanently disabled. It is a devastating and disabling cerebrovascular disease with significant amount of residual deficit leading to economic loss and disease burden worldwide. Aim: Describe the epidemiological profile of stroke during the period of five years (2014-2018). Study Design: cross- sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the Neuro-psychiatry hospital (free and economic departments) at Tanta University Hospital. This study started from the first of April 2019 and completed by July2021.  Methodology: The sample we included 3435patient medical records. Tools of the study were: file extracted sheets of the five years (2014-2018).It was about data related to epidemiological profile of stroke. Results: This study included 3435patient medical records admitted with stroke at the years2014-2018 and had the following epidemiological profile: the age ranged from 30-95 years and the median age was 65 years old .Male constituted 51.8% of patients, about two thirds, (64.9%) of patients were from urban residence and 66.8%were married. As regards type of stroke: ischemic stroke presented by 63.5%of patients and hemorrhagic stroke by 36.5%.Of all patients 30% had favorable outcome, 67.4% had stable condition and 2.7% were died. Conclusion: The rate of stroke was increasing through the studied five years with most cases at year 2018 and the epidemiological profile was not different from other studies.