Usman Nazir, Zainab Shabbir, Uzair Arshad Sohail, Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar, Rabiah Ashraf, Ali Ashraf, Saba Bilal.
Awareness about Risk Factors of Stroke in People Visiting Emergency Department of Tertiary Care Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):601-2.

Stroke is the compromised blood supply to the brain leading to increased mortality and morbidity in old patients . Uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, heart disease and smoking are major risk factors that can lead to stroke. A major burden of disease can be decreased by improving the risk factor profile of the patients. To explore the awareness of population about risk factors of stroke a hospital based cross sectional study was planned among patients of more than 45 years visiting emergency department of tertiary care hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan. This study showed poor knowledge about risk factors of stroke in population and necessitates the initiation of health education programs to improve primary and secondary prevention of disease.

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