Poststroke cognitive impairment among stroke survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stroke is the leading cause of death and disability among adults and elderly individuals worldwide. Although several primary studies have been conducted to determine the prevalence of poststroke cognitive impairment among stroke survivors in sub-Saharan Africa, these studies have presented inconsistent findings. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of poststroke cognitive impairment and identify its associated factors among stroke survivors in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

The studies were retrieved from the Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases. A manual search of the reference lists of the included studies was performed. A random-effects DerSimonian-Laird model was used to compute the pooled prevalence of poststro

SUBMITTER: Aytenew TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308218 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature