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SynthesisBioMed research international2024

A Systematic Review of the Burden of Stroke in Ghana.

Joseph Attakorah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Peter Yamoah, Ebenezer Wiafe, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen

Abstract readSystematic ReviewMeta-Analysis
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Synthesis in BioMed research international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Review of the Burden of Stroke in Ghana.BioMed research international · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Stroke in Ghana: A Situational Analysis.Stroke research and treatment · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Joseph AttakorahDirectorate of Internal Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Box 1934, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-532X
Kofi Boamah MensahDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Peter YamoahDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University Road, Durban, South Africa.
Ebenezer WiafeSchool of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-5737
Varsha BangaleeDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University Road, Durban, South Africa.
Frasia OosthuizenDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University Road, Durban, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

StrokeCost of IllnessGhanaHumansIncidencePrevalenceQuality of LifeburdenGhanaincidencemeta-analysisprevalencestroke

Identifiers

PMID39399342
PMCPMC11470816

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