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Stroke Burden in Malaysia
Malaysia is located in the heart of South East Asia with two land masses, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea. Stroke or cerebrovascular disease is Malaysia ’s third leading cause of death. There were 47, 911 incident cases, 19,928 deaths, 443,995 prevalent cases, and 512,726 DALYs lost due to stroke in 2019. Successive national health and morbidity surveys from 2006 demonstrated a continuous rise in the prevalence of risk factor such as diabetes, hyp erlipidaemia and obesity. These risk factors are implicated in an increase in stroke incidence in those under 65 years of age, ...
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra - March 24, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Association of traditional complementary and alternate medicine usage with quality of life of diabetic patients in a Malaysian tertiary hospital
This study aims to design to assess the traditional, complementary and alternate medicine (TCAM) usage and its association with the quality of life (QOL) of Type 2 diabetic patients in a tertiary hospital (Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia) in Malaysia. A total of 300 respondents included in this study were divided into the following two major categories: TCAM (34.33% of respondents) and non-TCAM users (65.67% of the respondents), respectively. The mean ages of the respondents were 59.3 ± 10.2 for the TCAM users and 57.7 ± 12.0 for the non-TCAM users. A greater percentage of non-TCAM users reported poor co...
Source: Nutrition and Food Science - June 26, 2021 Category: Nutrition Authors: Chinedum Ogbonnaya Eleazu Aniza Abd Aziz Tay Chuu Suen Lam Chun-Hau Chin Elynn Chia Yi Hen Ivan Ho Khor Ee Lau Li Ren Sabarisah Hashim Mahaneem Mohamed Source Type: research

A hospital-based study on ischaemic stroke characteristics, management, and outcomes in Sarawak: Where do we stand?
Located on the Borneo Island, Sarawak is the largest state of Malaysia and has a population distinctive from Peninsular Malaysia. The ischaemic stroke data in Sarawak had not been reported despite the growing number of patients annually. We aimed to investigate patient characteristics, management, and outcomes of ischaemic stroke in Sarawak and benchmark the results with national and international published data.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Teck Long King, Lee Len Tiong, Zurainah Kaman, Win Moe Zaw, Zariah Abdul Aziz, Law Wan Chung Source Type: research

Trends in stroke outcomes at hospital discharge in first-ever stroke patients: Observations from the Malaysia National Stroke Registry (2009 –2017)
Stroke outcomes could be a quality indicator across the continuum of care and inform stroke management policymaking. However, this topic has rarely to date been studied directly.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - April 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Xin Wee Chen, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Zariah Abdul Aziz, Norsima Nazifah Sidek, Kamarul Imran Musa Source Type: research

Prescription of secondary preventive drugs after ischemic stroke: results from the Malaysian National Stroke Registry
This study assessed the prescription of secondary preventive drugs among ischemic stroke patients upon hospital dis...
Source: BMC Neurology - November 23, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Wen Yea Hwong, Zariah Abdul Aziz, Norsima Nazifah Sidek, Michiel L. Bots, Sharmini Selvarajah, L. Jaap Kappelle, Sheamini Sivasampu and Ilonca Vaartjes Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Gender disparities and thrombolysis use among patient with first-ever ischemic stroke in Malaysia.
DISCUSSION: First-ever ischemic stroke incidence increased by 24.3 and 11.2% among female and male annually. There were distinct symptoms at hospital presentation between genders. All our patients discharged home regardless of genders. In summary, Malaysian female first-ever ischemic stroke was older, present with severe stroke, greater number of risk factors and poorer functional outcome and 30-day in-hospital mortality compared to male. PMID: 27142804 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurological Research - May 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurol Res Source Type: research