Frequency of anemia in chronic psychiatry patients

Anemia could cause psychiatric symptoms such as cognitive function disorders and depression or could deteriorate an existing psychiatric condition when it is untreated. The objective of this study is to scrutinize the frequency of anemia in chronic psychiatric patients and the clinical and sociodemo...

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Published in:Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 2015-01, Vol.11 (default), p.2737-2741
Main Authors: Korkmaz, Sevda, Yıldız, Sevler, Korucu, Tuba, Gundogan, Burcu, Sunbul, Zehra Emine, Korkmaz, Hasan, Atmaca, Murad
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Language:English
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Age
Anemia
Anxiety
Bipolar disorder
Blood
Blood diseases
Care and treatment
Cognition disorders
Complications and side effects
Conversion disorder
Females
Health aspects
Hematology
Hemoglobin
Iron
Males
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Neuroses
Original Research
Population
Psychiatry
Restless legs syndrome
Risk factors
Schizophrenia
Software
Standard deviation
Statistical analysis
Thyroid gland
Values
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Anemia could cause psychiatric symptoms such as cognitive function disorders and depression or could deteriorate an existing psychiatric condition when it is untreated. The objective of this study is to scrutinize the frequency of anemia in chronic psychiatric patients and the clinical and sociodemographic factors that could affect this frequency. All inpatients in our clinic who satisfied the study criteria and received treatment between April 2014 and April 2015 were included in this cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic data for 378 patients included in the study and hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit values observed during their admission to the hospital were recorded in the forms. Male patients with an Hb level of
ISSN:1176-6328
1178-2021
1178-2021
DOI:10.2147/NDT.S91581