Anémie en milieu hospitalier Marocain: Typologie et influences des facteurs sociodémographiques sur son incidence

Anaemia is a public health problem. Nationally, more than one third of the women and children are affected. Aim: Assess anaemia typology in an hospital setting and study the impact of socio-demographic factors on the occurrence of anaemia and make a typology using hemogram. Method: Eighty two sick (42 women and 40 men) were observed in an internal medical unit in the Idrissi hospital- Kenitra. The only inclusion criteria was anemia status (less than 10g/L Haemoglobin). Results: Level of instruction of patients varies remarkably with age, sex and area of residency. Poverty and inaccessibility to health facilities have an impact on apparition of anaemia. At the biological aspect, the microcytic anaemia is the frequent form with 39%, while the macrocytic represents 37.8% and normocytic one affects 23.2% of the subjects. According to TCMH levels, hypo chromic anaemia is found in 63.4% and normochromic in 36.6%. Severe anemia ( HB