TY - JOUR
T1 - Burden of stroke in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
T2 - a soaring epidemic
AU - Basri, Rehana
AU - Issrani, Rakhi
AU - Hua Gan, Siew
AU - Prabhu, Namdeo
AU - Khursheed Alam, Mohammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Stroke is a key cerebrovascular disease that is related to high morbidity and mortality in the globe. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is not an exception where stroke is fast developing into a serious challenge due to the high mortality rate. Additionally, stroke presents a tremendous economic burden and has a devastating effect on the quality of lives of individuals. The number of stroke cases are increasing yearly, thus posing a major challenge to the health care system. Therefore, it is crucial to implement primary and secondary prevention strategies in the KSA. Nevertheless, as compared with developed countries, information on the prevalence, socio-demographic properties and prevention of stroke remains scarce that could be attributed to the shortage of research conducted in this specified region. The review is written to address the various aspects of stroke in the KSA, based on current literatures search using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases, to identify studies published since inception to Dec 2020.
AB - Stroke is a key cerebrovascular disease that is related to high morbidity and mortality in the globe. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is not an exception where stroke is fast developing into a serious challenge due to the high mortality rate. Additionally, stroke presents a tremendous economic burden and has a devastating effect on the quality of lives of individuals. The number of stroke cases are increasing yearly, thus posing a major challenge to the health care system. Therefore, it is crucial to implement primary and secondary prevention strategies in the KSA. Nevertheless, as compared with developed countries, information on the prevalence, socio-demographic properties and prevention of stroke remains scarce that could be attributed to the shortage of research conducted in this specified region. The review is written to address the various aspects of stroke in the KSA, based on current literatures search using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases, to identify studies published since inception to Dec 2020.
KW - Burden
KW - Cerebrovascular disease
KW - Saudi Arabia
KW - Stroke
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101414969&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsps.2021.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jsps.2021.02.002
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101414969
SN - 1319-0164
VL - 29
SP - 264
EP - 268
JO - Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
JF - Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
IS - 3
ER -