A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH ON ISCHEMIC AND HEMORRHAGIC STROKE INCIDENCE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMMON MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FREQUENCY (PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS, LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, INTAKE OF CERTAIN MEDICATION, MENTAL ILL HEALTH AND INTAKE OF ALCOHOL ETC)

Background: Severe disability can be the outcome of stroke as it attributes a lot in the death rate of the patients after the incidence of cancer and CVD. Our research was aimed at the frequency determination of the modi­fiable common risk factors associated with the incidence of stroke. Material & Methods: Our cross-sectional research was carried out in the Mayo Hospital, Lahore in the timeframe of August, 2016 to January, 2018. Research sample was ninety-one patients, we reviewed all the cases with the help of a questionnaire. Questionnaire included questions about the social profile, demographic profile, intake of medicine and risk factors. All the patients above thirty and above years of age with the stroke signs were included in this research through computed tomography. All the cases having brain tumor, viral encephalitis, meningitis, metabolic encephalopathy and multiple sclerosis were not made a part of the research. Informed consent was secured before the interaction with the patients. Results: Male to female proportion in the sample of research was respectively 33 and 58 having 1:1.7 sex ratio. Patients of stroke were observed with a mean age factor of fifty-eight years. In the total population, ischemic stroke patients were 59 and hemorrhagic stroke cases were 32. We also observed a total of 73 hypertensive stroke cases; whereas, diabetic cases were 64, current smokers were 71, hypercholesterolemia cases were 64 and obese patients were 58. Common incidence of hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, obesity and smoking was observed in the ischemic stroke patients than the patients of hemorrhagic stroke. Conclusion: Vital and important associated risk factors were hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus (DM), smoking, obesity and positive history of the family about the stroke. To improve the results, we need to cope and modify controllable factors of the risk for the prevention of the conditions that threat the life. Key Words: Hypertension; Stroke; Hypercholesterolemia; Diabetes; Ischemic and Hemorrhagic