Original ArticleKnowledge of Stroke Risk Factors among Nigerians at High Risk
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Materials and Methods
Using a cross-sectional design, consecutive adult patients who gave informed consent and met the inclusion criteria were studied between August 2008 and March 2009 at the specialist medical outpatient clinics of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, a tertiary health facility in north central Nigeria. Based on the records made available by the Department of Health Information Management of the hospital, the specialist medical outpatient clinics attend to an average of 2000 patients with
Characteristics of the Respondents
Out of the 354 questionnaires administered, 314 were returned with complete information giving a response rate of 88.5%. The mean age of the respondents was 56.4 ± 12.6 years with 47.1% males. About 43.9% of male respondents had more than 12 years of formal education compared with 25.9% of females (P = .001). Hypertension was more common in male respondents (57.4% vs. 45.2%, P = .030) whereas a combination of hypertension and diabetes mellitus was more common in female respondents (33.1% vs.
Discussion
The economic and social burdens of stroke are enormous, especially in developing countries of the world where resources are meager and skilled manpower is inadequate. To reduce this high burden, there is a need for good primary prevention; successful primary prevention is however hinged on a good knowledge of the risk factors for stroke. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are well-documented modifiable stroke risk factors,9 and the recently published results of INTERSTROKE (International
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