Systematic review of risk factors in stroke in developed and developing countries

Abstract

Stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. Although stroke is a major public health challenge, it is preventable. Modifying risk factors is an effective way to reduce the risk of stroke. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate risk factors in stroke including: lifestyle, gender, and mortality in developed and developing countries. Methods: A systematic review (SR) of databases for studies on the treatment of patients with rice pill poisoning was conducted. The PRISMA convention was used for this SR. After determining the keywords (Stroke, Developing countries, Developed countries) both using mesh keywords and freely searched in Cochrane Library, TheMedline (Ovid Scopus, prequest, Embas, Pubmed) databases. Also to find Information in Farsi language databases, Magiran, Irandoc, IranMedex, were also searched. The full texts of all articles in English were reviewed and included in the study, and finally four approved articles were selected for review. Results: We found 21 eligible studies for inclusion in the review. After the final selection of the studies, the required information was extracted and summarized using the designed table (Extraction table) in the Excel software environment. Endnote X5 resource management software was also used to organize, study titles and abstracts, as well as identify duplicates.