STROKE PATIENTS

MORTALITY, MORBIDITY, DISABILITY, AND INFECTION.

Abstract

Stroke is one of the leading factors of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To
reduce the incidences of stroke, it is essential to identify and modify the risk factors for stroke.
Risk factors can be modifiable and non modifiable. The aim of study was to ascertain the
outcome of stroke patient admitted in all Medical Wards in Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad
Objective: To see the mortality, morbidity, disability and co-infection in stroke patients. Study
Design: Prospective study. Period: One year. Setting: Medical Wards of Liaquat University
Hospital Hyderabad / Jamshoro. Material and Methods: 200 Patients were enrolled in our
study to see the excepted outcome like mortality, Disability, Bed Sores, UTI & Pneumonia and
Dehydration in Stroke patients. All the patients were Young Adults, greater than 12 years in
age and old aged patients, with Ischemic & Hemorrhagic stroke. On categorical variable such
as sex, mortality, morbidity chi-square test was applied at 95% confidence interval and the P
-value ≤0.05 was considered as statically significant while the mean ±SD will be calculated for
quantitative variables. Results: Mean age of the patient in our study was 57.03 years with the
standard deviation of ±7.35 years. Gender distribution shows most of the patients in our study
were male, i.e. 75% while, only 25% of the patients were female. Ischemic Stroke was found
in 126(63%) patients while, hemorrhagic stroke was found in 74(37%) patients. Regarding
outcome, mortality was found in 5% patients, disability 2%, UTI 2%, pneumonia 15%, Coinfection
4%, Bed Sores 21.5% and dehydration was present in 50.5% patients. Conclusion:
The study concludes that maximum patients had Ischemic Stroke. Among these patients
dehydration was the most common entity followed by bed Sores, pneumonia, mortality, Coinfection,
disability and UTI.