DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2023.v11i02.005

Pages: 285-289

Background: Globally, neurologic disorders are very common and describe a significant public health problem. Innovative strategies are needed to cease the progression of the neurologic epidemic in resource-poor settings in Bangladesh. Clear concept of socio-demographic and clinical profile of neurological patients may be helpful in the management of such patients. But in Bangladesh, we have very limited research-based data regarding these issues. aThe aim of this study was to form the socio-demographic and clinical profile of neurological patients. Methods: This was a prospective observational study which was conducted from January 2021 to June 2021 by consecutive sampling technique on the patients admitted to the adult Neurology unit of Chittagong Medical College & Hospital, Bangladesh. For this intervention, the ethical clearance was obtained from BMRC. Data were collected and recorded from appropriately consented cases by maintaining confidentiality by face-to-face interviews (or from attendants if the patient cannot respond appropriately), laboratory data from hospital records and pre-hospital treatment from previous records with the patient. All data were cleaned and analyzed by SPSS version 22.0 and presented in tables. Results: In this current study, among total participants, 53% were male and 47% were female. Most of our participants were educated up to SSC level (50%) and the majority of them were Muslims (84%). The mean ±SD age of the participants was 55±0.73 years and most of them were from rural areas (74%). Among total acute confusional state patients (6%), the most common presenting symptom was decreased alertness: 88%. Among 74% stroke patients, 5% cases with CNS infections and among 15% patients with other diseases, the most frequent presenting symptoms were muscle weakness in 90%, decreased alertness in 68% and again decreased alertness in 52% respectively. In this study, majority of the patients had a stroke (74%), followed by others: 58 (10%), ...