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STUDY OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL COAGULATION DISORDERS | ||
| IRAQI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 94-106 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Saad Fadhil Mohammed; Enas Talib Abdul-Karim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: patients with genetic deficiencies of plasma coagulation factors exhibit life-long recurrent bleeding episodes into joints, muscles and closed space, either spontaneously or following an injury. Objective: The present study aimed to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of patients with congenital coagulation disorders. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Centre of Congenital Coagulation Disorders in the Al-Mansour Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Baghdad for the period between 1st of March to 31st of August 2008. The study sample was comprised of 243 patients with different congenital coagulation disorders who attended the Centre during the study period. Data were collected through well structured questionnaire form introduced only by the researcher by interviewing with the patient or his/her relative or care giver. Results: showed that hemophilia and Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) constituted the majority (90.1%), of the studied sample The mean age of all patients was 14.31 ±10.42 years. About 77% of patients were from Baghdad governorate. Some families (15.6%) of the studied patients had three or more members with congenital coagulation disorders. For those patients aged ≥7 years, 41% of them had not attended or left school due to their disease. For those patients aged ≥18 years, 68.4% of them were unmarried, and 45.07% of them had no work due to their disease. Treatments were available to the majority (97.1%) of patients Conclusions: The features in this study were similar to other studies in Mediterranean region and Western countries, except that the mean age of patients in this study was lower than that in other studies, blood groups showed no significant effect on types of congenital coagulation disorders, the disease showed adverse effects on all levels of education of patients Key words: Study of Congenital coagulation disorders in Baghdad city | ||
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| Study of Congenital coagulation disorders in Baghdad city | ||
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