Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with stroke at Western Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2021
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
GCS level | ≤ 8 | 144 | 25.35 |
9 – 12 | 177 | 31.16 | |
> 12 | 247 | 43.49 | |
Stroked body part | Bilateral | 85 | 14.96 |
Unilateral | 483 | 85.04 | |
Type of stroke | Ischemic | 367 | 64.61 |
Hemorrhagic | 201 | 35.39 | |
Hypertension | No | 268 | 47.18 |
Yes | 300 | 52.82 | |
Heart diseases | No | 474 | 83.45 |
Yes | 94 | 16.15 | |
Diabetes mellitus | No | 507 | 89.26 |
Yes | 61 | 10.74 | |
GERD | No | 339 | 59.68 |
Yes | 229 | 40.32 | |
Dysphagia | No | 324 | 57.04 |
Yes | 244 | 42.96 |