HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA AT EDWARD FRANCIS SMALL TEACHING HOSPITAL, THE GAMBIA.
SCA has a negative impact on all domains of HRQoL. Frequent significant pain crises, late diagnosis and stroke were independent predictors of poor HRQoL in Gambian children with SCA.
Authors
- Samuel Ademola Adegoke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-5758)
- Lamin Makalo
- Bankole Peter Kuti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4778-4362)
- E O Obidike
- Stephen Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6675-249X)
Institutions
- University of Nigeria (NG)
- University of the Gambia (GM)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Obafemi Awolowo University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-11-10
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00