Osuegbu, O.I.; Adeniji, F.O.; Owhonda, G.C.; Kanee, R.B.; Alblihed, M.; Batiha, G.E.; Aigbogun, E.O. Non-Modifiable Risk Factors (Age and Sex), Stroke Types, and Outcomes in Rivers State, Nigeria: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study. Preprints2021, 2021070446. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0446.v1
APA Style
Osuegbu, O.I., Adeniji, F.O., Owhonda, G.C., Kanee, R.B., Alblihed, M., Batiha, G.E., & Aigbogun, E.O. (2021). Non-Modifiable Risk Factors (Age and Sex), Stroke Types, and Outcomes in Rivers State, Nigeria: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0446.v1
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Osuegbu, O.I., Gaber El-Saber Batiha and Eric Osamudiamwen Aigbogun. 2021 "Non-Modifiable Risk Factors (Age and Sex), Stroke Types, and Outcomes in Rivers State, Nigeria: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202107.0446.v1
Abstract
This study used structural equation modelling (SEM) to evaluate the direct effect of sex and age on stroke types and outcomes in Tertiary Health Facilities in Rives State, Nigeria. The study was a cross-sectional retrospective hospital-based research that utilized specific stroke patients’ information between 2015-2019. The study obtained the sex and age, stroke type (ischemic/hemorrhagic), and outcomes (No disability/disability/death) from the records. The retrieved data was Microsoft Excel (2016), then analyzed using SPSS (version 21, Amos) and STATGRAPHICS centurion (Stat Point Tech., Inc.). From the result, out of the recorded 1916 stroke patients, 1229 (64.1%) were female, while 687 (35.9%) were males. The older adults (>55 years) had more recorded cases (n=1289) than young adults (ages 18–35 years; n=77) and middle-aged adults (ages 36–55 years, n=550). The SEM results showed that age was significantly associated with stroke type (P<0.001) and outcomes (P=0.038), while sex was significantly associated with stroke outcomes (P<0.001). The likelihood of death was 1.3 times higher in hemorrhagic stroke than ischemic stroke. In conclusion, age and sex had direct effects on stroke type, while age had a direct effect on stroke outcome. Hemorrhagic stroke was more likely to cause death than ischemic stroke in the studied population.
Keywords
Age; Sex; Stroke Types; Outcomes; SEM; Tertiary Hospitals; Rivers State
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy
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