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Differential associations between pre-diabetes, diabetes and stroke occurrence among West Africans
CONCLUSION: Pre-DM is strongly and independently associated with stroke in Africans. Improving glycemic control through screening, healthy lifestyle and pharmacotherapy at a population level may be strategic in reducing the rising burden of stroke in Africa.PMID:36194925 | DOI:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106805
Source: Atherosclerosis - October 4, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Fred Stephen Sarfo Bruce Ovbiagele Joshua Akinyemi Onoja Akpa Albert Akpalu Kolawole Wahab Godwin Ogbole Reginald Obiako Morenikeji Komolafe Lukman Owolabi Godwin Osaigbovo Carolyn Jenkins Adekunle Fakunle Abiodun Adeoye Dan Lackland Donna Arnett Hemant K Source Type: research

Haematological Indices and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Ghanaian Stroke Patients
CONCLUSION: Haematological parameters such as WBC, lymphocyte, platelet levels, and red cell indices were significantly different in the stroke patients being studied. There was negative correlation between lymphocyte significantly with SOD activity and high oxidative stress in stroke patients compared with the control group. Lymphocytes and plateletcrit levels were also good predictors of the occurrence of stroke.PMID:35281592 | PMC:PMC8913147 | DOI:10.1155/2022/1203120
Source: Biomed Res - March 14, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Richard Harry Asmah Pomah Sackey Patrick Adjei Timothy N Archampong Seth Attoh Derek Doku Marjorie Quarchie Felix Botchway David Adedia Eric Sampene Donkor Source Type: research

Highly Prevalent Hyperuricaemia is Associated with Adverse Clinical Outcomes Among Ghanaian Stroke Patients: An Observational Prospective Study.
CONCLUSIONS: Hyperuricaemia is highly frequent and associated with adverse functional outcomes among Ghanaian stroke patients. Further studies are warranted to determine whether reducing SUA levels after a stroke would be beneficial within our setting. PMID: 26693192 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ghana Medical Journal - December 24, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Med J Source Type: research

The profile of risk factors and in-patient outcomes of stroke in Kumasi, Ghana.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that urgent concerted efforts are required to improve public awareness and management of the prevailing risk factors of stroke in Ghana. PMID: 25709121 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Ghana Medical Journal - December 12, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Med J Source Type: research

Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study
Publication date: Available online 26 February 2018 Source:The Lancet Global Health Author(s): Mayowa O Owolabi, Fred Sarfo, Rufus Akinyemi, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Onoja Akpa, Albert Akpalu, Kolawole Wahab, Reginald Obiako, Lukman Owolabi, Bruce Ovbiagele Background Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence, prevalence, and fatality from stroke globally. Yet, only little information about context-specific risk factors for prioritising interventions to reduce the stroke burden in sub-Saharan Africa is available. We aimed to identify and characterise the effect of the top modifiable risk factors for stroke in sub-Sahara...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - February 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The structure, processes, and outcomes of stroke rehabilitation in Ghana: A study protocol
ConclusionThe study protocol will provide a comprehensive overview of the structure, process, and outcomes of stroke rehabilitation in Ghana, incorporating both conventional and complementary treatment and rehabilitation into the stroke recovery journey. It will also inform clinical practice, with new insights on the experiences of stroke patients based on their choice of rehabilitation pathway.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 24, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: a qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals
Conclusion Barriers from low/middle-income countries differ substantially from those in high-income countries. For evidence-based acute stroke care in low/middle-income countries such as Ghana, health policy-makers and hospital managers need to consider the contrasts and uniqueness in these barriers in designing quality improvement interventions to optimise patient outcomes.
Source: BMJ Open - April 27, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Baatiema, L., de-Graft Aikins, A., Sav, A., Mnatzaganian, G., Chan, C. K. Y., Somerset, S. Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessing Mobile Health Capacity and Task Shifting Strategies to Improve Hypertension Among Ghanaian Stroke Survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: Participants strongly supported enhanced care delivery through mobile health and were receptive toward a nurse-led navigational model. PMID: 29208254 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - December 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nichols M, Sarfo FS, Singh A, Qanungo S, Treiber F, Ovbiagele B, Saulson R, Patel S, Jenkins C Tags: Am J Med Sci Source Type: research

Promise of Physiological Profiling to Prevent Stroke in People of African Ancestry: Prototyping Ghana
AbstractPurpose of ReviewWorldwide, compared to other racial/ethnic groups, individuals of African ancestry have an excessively higher burden of hypertension-related morbidities, especially stroke. Identifying modifiable biological targets that contribute to these disparities could improve global stroke outcomes. In this scoping review, we discuss how pathological perturbations in the renin –angiotensin–aldosterone pathways could be harnessed via physiological profiling for the purposes of improving blood pressure control for stroke prevention among people of African ancestry.Recent FindingsTranscontinental comparative...
Source: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports - October 1, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

COVID-19 AND STROKE: Experience in a GHANAIAN healthcare system
Background:The novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) causes multi-system disease including possibly heightened stroke risk. Data from high-income countries (HIC) suggest disruptions to care delivery with reduced stroke admissions and administration of acute stroke reperfusion therapies. We are unaware of any published data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke admissions and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.Purpose: To compare rates of stroke admissions and case fatality between corresponding periods in 2020 and 2019, within a hospital system in Ghana, to assess the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - July 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Fred S. Sarfo, Naa Oboshie Mensah, Francis Agyapong Opoku, Nathaniel Adusei-Mensah, Michael Ampofo, Bruce Ovbiagele Source Type: research

Systemic disorders and the prognosis of stroke in Congolese patients: a cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: Arterial hypotension and fever adversely affect stroke patient outcomes, and strokes are responsible for high mortality in Congo.FUNDING: Not applicable.PMID:33883770 | PMC:PMC8042813 | DOI:10.4314/gmj.v54i4.4
Source: Ghana Medical Journal - April 22, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Marc Tshilanda Ulrick S Kanmounye Remy Kapongo Michel Tshiasuma Source Type: research