Prevalence of and Demographic Profiles of Patients Admitted with Stroke in Medical Ward of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital.

Table of Contents

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i

DEDICATION...............................................................................................................................iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT............................................................................................................. iv

ACRONYMS............................................................................................................................... viii

DEFINITION OF TERMS ............................................................................................................ ix

ABSTRACT.................................................................................................................................... x

CHAPTER ONE............................................................................................................................. 1

1.0: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1

1.1: BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1

1.2: PROBLEM STATEMENT.................................................................................................. 3

1.3.0: OBJECTIVE..................................................................................................................... 4

1.3.1: MAIN OBJECTIVE ......................................................................................................... 4

1.3.2: SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE................................................................................................... 4

1.4: RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................. 4

1.5: JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY ................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................ 6

2.0: LITERITURE REVIEW.................................................................................................. 6

2.1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 6

2.2: PREVALENCE OF STROKE AMONG HOSPITALISED PATIENTS ........................... 7

2.3: DEMOGRAPHICS OF STROKE ....................................................................................... 8

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................................ 9

3.0: METHODOLOGY. ......................................................................................................... 9

3.1: STUDY DESIGN ................................................................................................................ 9

3.2: STUDY SITE....................................................................................................................... 9

3.3: STUDY POPULATION.................................................................................................... 10

3.4: SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION ................................................................................ 10

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3.5: SAMPLING TECHNIQUES............................................................................................. 10

3.6: INCLUSION CRITERIA .................................................................................................. 10

3.7: EXCLUSIVE CRITERIA.................................................................................................. 10

3.8: TIME SCOPE .................................................................................................................... 10

3.9: DATA COLLECTION METHOD .................................................................................... 10

3.10: DATA COLLECTION TOOLS ...................................................................................... 11

3.11: STUDY PROCEDURE ................................................................................................... 11

3.12: QUALITY CONTROL.................................................................................................... 11

3.13: DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................... 11

3.14: ETHICAL CONSIDERATION....................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER FOUR......................................................................................................................... 12

4.0: PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS..................................... 12

4.1: Prevalence of stroke in medical ward of KIU-TH in 2018 (1ST Jan -31ST Dec)................ 12

Figure 1: BAR GRAPH SHOWING PREVALENCE OF STROKE....................................... 12

CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................................... 15

5.0: DISCUSSION OF RESULTS ....................................................................................... 15

5.1: DISCUSSION.................................................................................................................... 15

6.1: CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................. 17

6.2: RECOMMENDATION..................................................................................................... 17

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 18

APPENDEX A……………………………………………………………………………...21

DATA EXTRACTION FORM: ........................................................................................... 21

APPENDEX B...................................................................................................................... 22

APPROVAL LETTER.......................................................................................................... 22

APPENDIX C....................................................................................................................... 23

MAP OF BUSHENYI DISTRICT........................................................................................ 23

APPENDIX D....................................................................................................................... 24