Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients who had a stroke hospitalised at Felege Hiwot comprehensive specialised hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2020
| Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
| Clinical presentation | Right side body weakness | 203 (34.0) |
| Left side body weakness | 194 (32.5) | |
| Loss of consciousness | 103 (17.3) | |
| Aphasia | 97 (16.2) | |
| Types of stroke | Ischaemic stroke | 392 (65.7) |
| Haemorrhagic stroke | 188 (31.5) | |
| Undetermined | 17 (2.8) | |
| Comorbid status | Absent | 264 (44.2) |
| Present | 333 (55.8) | |
| Specific comorbid conditions | Hypertension | 216 (64.9) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 114 (34.2) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 83 (24.9) | |
| Congestive heart failure | 37 (11.1) | |
| Epilepsy | 33 (9.9) | |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 22 (6.6) | |
| Others* | 31 (9.3) | |
| Complication status | Absent | 403 (67.5) |
| Present | 194 (32.5) | |
| Specific complications | Aspiration pneumonia | 125 (64.4) |
| Increased ICP | 57 (29.4) | |
| Septic shock | 29 (14.9) | |
| Bed sore | 23 (11.9) | |
| Others* | 17 (8.8) | |
| Time from onset to hospitalisation | <12 hours | 117 (19.6) |
| 12–24 hours | 204 (34.2) | |
| 25–48 hours | 130 (21.8) | |
| >48 hours | 146 (24.5) | |
| Length of hospital stay | ≤5 days | 345 (57.8) |
| >5 days | 252 (42.2) | |
| Mean day | 5.55±3.29 days |
(Urinary tract infection, HIV/AIDs, lipoma, asthma, glaucoma, breast cancer).
*(Seizure, acute renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypokalaemia, eclampsia).
ICP, intracranial pressure.