ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN RELATION TO ANXIETY, STRESS AND DEPRESSION.

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College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

Published: April 2025


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Introduction: People have been suffering from affective illnesses including anxiety, stress, and depression as a result of the lifestyle changes that have occurred in our cultures. Research indicates a connection between specific blood types and several medical or mental illnesses. Stress, anxiety, and depression are common events in life and are more noticeable among college students. The objective of the study is to estimate the relationship of blood groups with stress, anxiety and depression among university students.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out via a web-based online survey, using the DASS-21 questionnaire, pharmacy college students' levels of stress, anxiety, and depression were measured. With a sterile lancet, blood samples were drawn from each participant via finger prick. Participants' ABO blood group phenotype was identified using the slide agglutination method using anti-A, anti-B, and anti-D monoclonal blood group reagents.

Results: This study shows that 46.2%, 62.5%, and 62.5% of the second-year students of the pharmacy college suffer from stress, anxiety and depression ranging from mild to extremely severe levels. Among the participants, the AB blood group subjects showed the highest prevalence of stress (54.5%), the blood group A had the highest prevalence of anxiety (67.3%), and blood group B demonstrated the highest prevalence of depression (71.4%).

Conclusion: According to this study, there is a high prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression among pharmacy college students. However, there is no statistically significant association between the incidence of these problems and the ABO blood group.

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