Magnitude of risk factors and in-hospital mortality of stroke in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The morbidity and mortality of stroke is disproportionately high in developing countries owing to the poor health care system and poor neurologic interventions. Though a number of studies were conducted to estimate the in-hospital mortality rate of stroke in Ethiopia, the lack of a nationwide study that determines the overall magnitude of risk factors and in-hospital mortality rate of stroke is an important research gap. Meta-analysis is key to improve the accuracy of estimates through the use of more data sets. Thus, this study was aimed to determine the overall magnitude of risk factors and in-hospital mortality rate of stroke in Ethiopia.

Methods

This study was conducted following the PRISMA checklist. We searched from Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, We

SUBMITTER: Alene M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7437163 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature