Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study.
Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study.
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10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00038-4
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发表时间:
2023-04
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34.3
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Owolabi, Mayowa O.
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Sarfo, Fred S.;Akpa, Onoja M.;Ovbiagele, Bruce;Akpalu, Albert;Wahab, Kolawole;Obiako, Reginald;Komolafe, Morenikeji;Owolabi, Lukman;Ogbole, Godwin;Fakunle, Adekunle;Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul;Asowata, Osahon J.;Calys-Tagoe, Benedict;Uvere, Ezinne O.;Sanni, Taofeek;Olowookere, Samuel;Ibinaiye, Philip;Akinyemi, Joshua O.;Arulogun, Oyedunni;Jenkins, Carolyn;Lackland, Daniel T.;Tiwari, Hemant K.;Isah, Suleiman Y.;Abubakar, Sani A.;Oladimeji, Adebayo;Adebayo, Philip;Akpalu, Josephine;Onyeonoro, Ugochukwu;Ogunmodede, James A.;Akisanya, Cynthia;Mensah, Yaw;Oyinloye, Olalekan, I;Appiah, Lambert;Agunloye, Atinuke M.;Osaigbovo, Godwin;Adeoye, Abiodun M.;Adeleye, Osimhiarherhuo Ohifemen;Laryea, Ruth Y.;Olunuga, Taiwo;Ogah, Okechukwu S.;Oguike, Wisdom;Ogunronbi, Mayowa;Adeniyi, Wasiu;Olugbo, Obiabo Y.;Bello, Abiodun H.;Ogunjimi, Luqman;Diala, Samuel;Dambatta, Hamisu A.;Singh, Arti;Adamu, Sheila;Obese, Vida;Adusei, Nathaniel;Owusu, Dorcas;Ampofo, Michael;Tagge, Raelle;Fawale, Bimbo;Yaria, Joseph;Akinyemi, Rufus O.;Owolabi, Mayowa O.
Every minute, six indigenous Africans develop new strokes. Patient-level and system-level contributors to early stroke fatality in this region are yet to be delineated. We aimed to identify and quantify the contributions of patient-level and system-level determinants of inpatient stroke fatality across 16 hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria. The Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) is a multicentre study involving 16 sites in Ghana and Nigeria. Cases include adults (aged ≥18 years) with clinical and radiological evidence of an acute stroke. Data on stroke services and resources available at each study site were collected and analysed as system-level factors. A host of demographic and clinical variables of cases were analysed as patient-level factors. A mixed effect log-binomial model including both patient-level and system-level covariates was fitted. Results are presented as adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) with respective 95% CIs. Overall, 814 (21·8%) of the 3739 patients admitted with stroke died as inpatients: 476 (18·1%) of 2635 with ischaemic stroke and 338 (30·6%) of 1104 with intracerebral haemorrhage. The variability in the odds of stroke fatality that could be attributed to the system-level factors across study sites assessed using model intracluster correlation coefficient was substantial at 7·3% (above a 5% threshold). Stroke units were available at only five of 16 centres. The aRRs of six patient-level factors associated with stroke fatality were: low vegetable consumption, 1·19 (95% CI 1·07–1·33); systolic blood pressure, 1·02 (1·01–1·04) for each 10 mm Hg rise; stroke lesion volume more than 30 cm3, 1·48 (1·22–1·79); National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, 1·20 (1·13–1·26) for each 5-unit rise; elevated intracranial pressure, 1·75 (1·31–2·33); and aspiration pneumonia, 1·79 (1·16–2·77). Studies are needed to assess the efficacy of interventions targeting patient-level factors such as aspiration pneumonia in reducing acute stroke fatality in this region. Policy directives to improve stroke unit access are warranted. US National Institutes of Health.