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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND ANEMIA AMONG LATE ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS IN Al-Madina Al-Monawarah, KSA

Rahma Othman Alfouti, Zakaria Mohammed Alhawsawi, Ghadir Hamzah Badr, Ghufran Abdulhakim Aljahmi, Mujahed Abdulfattah Turjoman, Nahla Awad AL-Juhani

Background: The prevalence of mental illness in Saudi Arabia as high as 48%[1]. Recently, a growing body of research has investigated the possible association between anemia and psychiatric disorders due to the role of iron in cognitive and emotional functioning [2].We investigated the association between psychiatric disorders and anemia in the Al-Madina Al-Monawarah region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on adult and late adolescent patients with psychiatric disorders in the Outpatient Department (OPD) who were following in the Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health and Addiction In Al-Medina. The collected data included demographic characteristics, clinical diagnosis, and the complete blood count (CBC) profiles of the patients. SPSS version 22 was used for data entry and analysis. Results: We included 282 patients with psychiatric disorders. The majority of the patients were males (54%) with a mean age of 35.13 ± 13.1 years. Almost 72% of the patients were treated as outpatients at the time when first CBC test was done, and the most common conditions were schizophrenia (46.5%). According to their CBC profiles for total sample, 64 patients (22.7%) had anemia. Our analysis showed that patients with schizophrenia and brief psychotic disorders were more likely to be anemic than patients with other types of psychiatric disorders (p < 0.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, the prevalence of anemia among patients with psychiatric disorders was 22.7%. Moreover, patients with schizophrenia brief psychotic disorders had statistically significant higher prevalence of anemia. Keywords: Association, psychiatric disorders, anemia, schizophrenia, brief psychotic disorders

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