Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia
Almallki, S., Almezani, A., Alshammari, A., Alosayfir, Z., Alshammari, I., Alhammad, A., alsalem, M., Alhazmi, S., alshammari, F., Alanazi, N., AL Ghamdi, S., Mohammed, M., Aljohani, F. (2018). Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 73(6), 6983-6986. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.17214
Sultan Ahmed Almallki; Adnan Meteb Mohamed Almezani; Abdulaziz Ayed M Alshammari; Ziyad Ali S Alosayfir; Ibrahim Homoud Alshammari; Adel Hamoud Hammad Alhammad; Mohammed saud salem alsalem; Shahad Mohammed Awad Alhazmi; Faris mohammed suliman alshammari; Nader Awad Alanazi; Saleh Ali Saleh Kharshan AL Ghamdi; Mona Ahmed SID Ahmed Mohammed; Fares Ahmed S Aljohani. "Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 73, 6, 2018, 6983-6986. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.17214
Almallki, S., Almezani, A., Alshammari, A., Alosayfir, Z., Alshammari, I., Alhammad, A., alsalem, M., Alhazmi, S., alshammari, F., Alanazi, N., AL Ghamdi, S., Mohammed, M., Aljohani, F. (2018). 'Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 73(6), pp. 6983-6986. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.17214
Almallki, S., Almezani, A., Alshammari, A., Alosayfir, Z., Alshammari, I., Alhammad, A., alsalem, M., Alhazmi, S., alshammari, F., Alanazi, N., AL Ghamdi, S., Mohammed, M., Aljohani, F. Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 73(6): 6983-6986. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.17214

Knowledge about the prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and its associated risk factors in females in Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 30, Volume 73, Issue 6, October 2018, Page 6983-6986  XML PDF (253.95 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.17214
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Authors
Sultan Ahmed Almallki email 1; Adnan Meteb Mohamed Almezani2; Abdulaziz Ayed M Alshammari2; Ziyad Ali S Alosayfir2; Ibrahim Homoud Alshammari2; Adel Hamoud Hammad Alhammad2; Mohammed saud salem alsalem2; Shahad Mohammed Awad Alhazmi2; Faris mohammed suliman alshammari2; Nader Awad Alanazi1; Saleh Ali Saleh Kharshan AL Ghamdi3; Mona Ahmed SID Ahmed Mohammed4; Fares Ahmed S Aljohani5
1Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
2College of Medicine University of Hail
3Rawalpindi Medical College
4University of Bahr Alghazal
5College of Medicine King Saud University
Abstract
Background: despite the modern society and available healthy food, iron deficiency anemia is common in Saudi Arabia woman. Iron deficiency anemia is very common in women due to many risk factors like heavy menses and eating food that is not rich in iron. Knowing the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and its associated risk factors in Saudi Arabia can provide a useful knowledge in avoiding these risk factors and improving the overall health.
Objectives: Iron deficiency anemia is increasingly common worldwide. This study aims to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and its associated risk factors in women in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: Across-sectional study on the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was randomly carried out among women (1638 participants) in different social media platforms of Saudi Arabia during the period from February to April 2018.
Results: In 43.5% of the participants have been suffering from iron deficiency anemia, only 10.1% had a blood transfusion as a consequence of the anemia, 42.6% have sought medical help, 32.8% had heavy menses, 48.5% had a positive family history of iron deficiency anemia, only 15.4% had hypothyroidism disease, 57.2% don’t eat iron rich food and only 7.9% were pregnant.
Conclusion: Our result showed that huge number of the participants was suffering from iron deficiency anemia in Saudi Arabia.
Keywords
iron deficiency anemia; Heavy menses; hypothyroidism
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