THE PREVALENCE AND RELATIONSHIP OF ANEMIA IN ELDERLY HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITIES

Objective: The aim of our stud was to find out the prevalence and relationship of anemia in elderly hospitalized patients with comorbidities. Study Design: A descriptive study. Place and Duration: This study was conducted at medical department, Allied hospital Faisalabad for the duration of one year starting from November, 2019 to October, 2020. Methodology: In our present study we selected 100 patients with the use of non-probability convenient sampling technique. According to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria we defined anemia as Hemoglobin in Females were <12 g/dL and in Males were <13 g/dL. According to grades of anemia: in severe grade of patient’s hemoglobin were