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- Title
A stepwise approach to stroke surveillance in Brazil: the EMMA (Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral) study.
- Authors
Goulart, Alessandra C.; Bustos, Iara R.; Abe, Ivana M.; Pereira, Alexandre C.; Fedeli, Ligia M.; Benseñor, Isabela M.; Lotufo, Paulo A.
- Abstract
Background: Stroke mortality rates in Brazil are the highest in the Americas. Deaths from cerebrovascular disease surpass coronary heart disease. Aim: To verify stroke mortality rates and morbidity in an area of São Paulo, Brazil, using the World Health Organization Stepwise Approach to Stroke Surveillance. Methods: We used the World Health Organization Stepwise Approach to Stroke Surveillance structure of stroke surveillance. The hospital-based data comprised fatal and nonfatal stroke (Step 1). We gathered stroke-related mortality data in the community using World Health Organization questionnaires (Step 2). The questionnaire determining stroke prevalence was activated door to door in a family-health-programme neighbourhood (Step 3). Results: A total of 682 patients 18 years and above, including 472 incident cases, presented with cerebrovascular disease and were enrolled in Step 1 during April–May 2009. Cerebral infarction (84·3%) and first-ever stroke (85·2%) were the most frequent. In Step 2, 256 deaths from stroke were identified during 2006–2007. Forty-four per cent of deaths were classified as unspecified stroke, 1/3 as ischaemic stroke, and 1/4 due to haemorrhagic subtype. In Step 3, 577 subjects over 35 years old were evaluated at home, and 244 cases of stroke survival were diagnosed via a questionnaire, validated by a board-certified neurologist. The population demographic characteristics were similar in the three steps, except in terms of age and gender. Conclusion: By including data from all settings, World Health Organization stroke surveillance can provide data to help plan future resources that meet the needs of the public-health system.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; MORTALITY; CORONARY disease; WORLD Health Organization; NEUROLOGISTS; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; PATIENTS
- Publication
International Journal of Stroke, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 4, p284
- ISSN
1747-4930
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00441.x