What is it about?
The use of smartphone based apps to manage stroke risk factors in obese minority patients.
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Why is it important?
African-American and Hispanic-Americans have an age of first stroke that precedes Caucasians by 10 to 13 years, coupled with higher obesity prevalence and poorly controlled vascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia).
Perspectives
Swipe out Stroke is a foray into improving cultural competency when treating minority populations with cerebrovascular disease. Traditional strategies have had attenuated effects, there is a need for new and innovative treatment paradigms.
Dr Nneka Lotea Ifejika
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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This page is a summary of: Swipe out Stroke: Feasibility and efficacy of using a smart-phone based mobile application to improve compliance with weight loss in obese minority stroke patients and their carers, International Journal of Stroke, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1747493016631557.
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