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Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting
Sickle Cell Disorder is a global health problem with psychosocial implications. Nigeria has the largest population of people with sickle cell disorder, with about 150,000 births annually. This study explored the psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder in 408 adolescents and adults attending thre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20170540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-6-2 |
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author | Anie, Kofi A Egunjobi, Feyijimi E Akinyanju, Olu O |
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description | Sickle Cell Disorder is a global health problem with psychosocial implications. Nigeria has the largest population of people with sickle cell disorder, with about 150,000 births annually. This study explored the psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder in 408 adolescents and adults attending three hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria. A questionnaire was designed for the study, with some of commonly described areas of psychosocial impact including general public perceptions and attitudes, education, employment, and healthcare issues, and emotional responses. The majority of participants thought that society in general had a negative image of SCD, and reported negative perceptions and attitudes. Some issues in education, employment, and healthcare were expressed, however these were in the minority of cases. The results also showed that depressive feelings were experienced in almost half the study population, even though feelings of anxiety or self-hate were uncommon. Clinical implications of these findings are considered. |
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spelling | pubmed-28363082010-03-11 Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting Anie, Kofi A Egunjobi, Feyijimi E Akinyanju, Olu O Global Health Research Sickle Cell Disorder is a global health problem with psychosocial implications. Nigeria has the largest population of people with sickle cell disorder, with about 150,000 births annually. This study explored the psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder in 408 adolescents and adults attending three hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria. A questionnaire was designed for the study, with some of commonly described areas of psychosocial impact including general public perceptions and attitudes, education, employment, and healthcare issues, and emotional responses. The majority of participants thought that society in general had a negative image of SCD, and reported negative perceptions and attitudes. Some issues in education, employment, and healthcare were expressed, however these were in the minority of cases. The results also showed that depressive feelings were experienced in almost half the study population, even though feelings of anxiety or self-hate were uncommon. Clinical implications of these findings are considered. BioMed Central 2010-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2836308/ /pubmed/20170540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-6-2 Text en Copyright ©2010 Anie et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Anie, Kofi A Egunjobi, Feyijimi E Akinyanju, Olu O Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title | Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title_full | Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title_fullStr | Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title_short | Psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a Nigerian setting |
title_sort | psychosocial impact of sickle cell disorder: perspectives from a nigerian setting |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20170540 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-6-2 |
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