Prevalence and Prognosis of Cerebrovascular Accidents and its Subtypes: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Hail Region, Saudi Arabia

Alhazmi, Nawaf; Al-Assaf, H.; Alhaysuni, Ahmed; AlTbenawi, Areeb; Alateeq, Latifah; Alkhalaf, Abdullah Ahmed; Alshammari, Khalid Farhan; Alghassab, Turki Ahmed; Alshammari, Omar; Alshammari, Shuaa; Dhanarasu, Sasikumar

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“…Studies in different regions in Saudi Arabia reported parallel figures. The figure ranged from 34.6% in Taif [15], 35.0% in Dammam [23], 42.7% in Hail [16], 57.0% in Qassim [17], and 59.0% in Madinah [24]. A review article in the Middle East also reported diabetes mellitus as the second most prevalent risk factor among stroke patients in the Middle East countries, observed in 5.1-69.4% of stroke patients [18].…”

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“…Studies in different regions in Saudi Arabia reported similar figures. The figure ranged from 29.6% in Taif [ 15 ], 43.2% in Hail [ 16 ], and 73.9% in Qassim [ 17 ]. These studies found that hypertension is the most important risk factor for stroke among the Saudi population.…”

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“…Studies in different regions in Saudi Arabia reported equivalent figures. The figure ranged from 14.6% in Hail [ 16 ] 15.3% in Qassim [ 17 ], 43.5% in Dammam [ 23 ], 49.1% in Riyadh [ 30 ], 63.0% in Taif [ 15 ], and 70.0% in Madinah [ 24 ]. A systematic review article also reported dyslipidemia as a predominant risk factor of stroke in the Middle East, observed in 5.4–65.8% of stroke patients [ 18 ].…”

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Risk Factors of the First-Time Stroke in the Southwest of Saudi Arabia: A Case-Control Study

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Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death and a frequent cause of permanent disability. The objective was to identify the first-time stroke modifiable risk factors in the Aseer region, southwest Saudi Arabia. In a multicenter hospital-based case-control study design, all first stroke patients admitted to hospitals in the Aseer region were included consecutively over one year. Age, sex, and geographical residence-matched controls were selected and included in a ratio of 1:1. Data collected included altitude (low or high), nationality, marital status, educational level, family history of stroke, history of diabetes mellitus, history of systemic hypertension, high cholesterol level, current smoking, obesity, and regular exercise practice. The study included 1249 first-time stroke patients and 1249 age, sex, and residence-matched controls. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and high cholesterol were significantly highly prevalent among cases (57.7%, 49.4%, 42.0%, 29.4%, respectively) compared to controls (31.8%, 25.9%, 30.8%, 12.1%, respectively). Practicing regular exercise was significantly highly prevalent among controls (29.9%) compared to cases (13.1%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that systemic hypertension (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.12, 95%CI: 1.74–2.57), diabetes mellitus (aOR = 1.73, 95%CI: 1.41–2.21), obesity (aOR = 1.95, 95%CI: 1.61–2.28) and high cholesterol (aOR = 1.64, 95%CI: 1.28–2.10) were significant risk factors, while regular exercise practice was a significant protective factor (aOR = 0.12, 95%CI: 0.05–0.26) for stroke. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and high cholesterol are major risk factors for stroke in the Aseer region of southwest Saudi Arabia. The protective role of regular physical activity in reducing the risk of stroke is evident. The observed higher prevalence of potentially modifiable risk factors among stroke cases encourages an urgent need to develop and implement a national program to control these factors.

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“…Out of 215 patients 63.7% were male and 36.3% were female. This highlights the need for early diagnosis, better risk stratification, and preparedness for need for complex long-term care in this vulnerable population [8] .…”

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Effectiveness of Swallow Therapy on Swallowing Ability among Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident

Parimala¹,

Kalpana²,

Maheshwari³

2022

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Cerebrovascular accident occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disturbed in some way. As a result the brain cells are deprived of oxygen. It is also known as stroke. It is being observed as a rapidly growing problem and an important cause of illness and death in Saudi arabia. The major problem of cerebrovascular accident is paralysis of swallowing muscles leading to swallowing difficulty which is known as dysphagia. It involves the mouth, throat and esophagus. The goal of this study was to see how swallow treatment affected patients with cerebrovascular accidents at Saveetha Medical College and Hospital in Chennai. The study used a quasi-experimental one-group pre- and post-test design. A total of 30 samples were chosen with care. The Mann Assessment of Swallowing Skills (MASA) was used to examine swallowing ability on regular basis. The results reveal that there is a significant difference in swallowing capacity before and after therapy when using descriptive and interferential statistical approaches. The average score of swallowing ability before swallow therapy was 155.0±16.34, while the average score after swallow therapy was 170.87±11.12. At p<0.001 level, the estimated paired ‘t’ test value of t = 7.171 was judged to be statistically highly significant. This obviously implies that administering swallow therapy to individuals with cerebrovascular accident was shown to be useful in enhancing post-test swallowing skills. The swallowing therapy was found to be one of the most successful traditional therapies for improving the swallowing skills of people with swallowing difficulties, according to the findings.

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Prevalence and Prognosis of Cerebrovascular Accidents and its Subtypes: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Hail Region, Saudi Arabia

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Risk Factors of the First-Time Stroke in the Southwest of Saudi Arabia: A Case-Control Study

Effectiveness of Swallow Therapy on Swallowing Ability among Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident

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