Prevalence of depression among adults with sickle cell disease in the Southern Region of Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Sickle Cell Disease [SCD] as other chronic medical conditions is commonly complicated by psychiatric symptoms. Saudi SCD patients are usually originally from Eastern and Southwestern Provinces. The main objective of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of depression among adults with SCD in southern region of Saudi Arabia. We also studied the sociodemographic profiles for these individuals