Clinical features and health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease in Khartoum, Sudan
Children with SCD had poor HRQOL, with low scores across multiple HRQOL domains. Factors such as consanguinity and father's unemployment negatively affected patients' HRQOL. Interventions are required to address such factors, and to alleviate the impact of barriers to healthcare access.
Authors
- Gaffar Alemam A. Manhal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7939-0117)
- Mohamed M. Awad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6238-5872)
- Ammar Tarig Elgadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1730-9023)
- Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-5321)
- Mohamed H Fadul
- A. M. Elhassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9267-3836)
- D. Mohammed
- Suodad Elhassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5245-5902)
- Abdullatif Yasir H Eissa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5345-8469)
- Tina Merghani
Institutions
- University of Khartoum (SD)
- Sudan University of Science and Technology (SD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06402-0
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00