Original scientific paper
Correlation of Anaemia and Cognitive Functions Measured by the Complex Reactiometer Drenovac
Duška Petranović
Vladimir Takšić
Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana
Ika Rončević-Gržeta
Klementina Ružić
Sanja Janović
Iva Crnarić
Antica Duletić-Načinović
Brankica Sinčić-Mijandrušić
Abstract
Cognitive impairment impinges significantly on the quality of life. Previous research revealed that anaemia can have
a major influence on cognitive functioningt. The article is a correlational study examining the relationship between
anaemia levels and cognitive functioning in adult patients. Sixty-one patients (both inpatients and outpatients), among
them 30 anemic and 31 non- anaemic, 33 female and 28 male, aged 32–60 (median 43) treated at the Dept. of Hematology,
Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Croatia were analysed according to hemoglobin (Hb) level and cognitive ability. Assessment
of cognition (convergent inductive thinking) was performed by the Complex reactiometer Drenovac (CRD). The
results showed that anaemia significantly undermines cognitive functions in adult patients (p<0.01). Even in non-anaemic
patients (Hb higher than 120 g/L), Hb level is related to better cognitive ability.
Keywords
anaemia; cognition; complex reactiometer Drenovac; hemoglobin
Hrčak ID:
22729
URI
Publication date:
8.5.2008.
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