Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Sickle Cell Disease Among Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal: A Cross‐Sectional Study
This study highlights the need for targeted awareness and preventive efforts to reduce SCD in Tharu communities of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal, emphasizing the influence of marital status and the importance of tailored health education and increased genetic counseling for vulnerable groups. Therefore awareness campaign to change the behavioral attitude along with nationwide surveillance to know the true picture about prevalence of SCD among Tharu communities in Nepal is necessary.
Authors
- A Mandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5089-1206)
- Yogendra Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0820-4556)
- Sandesh Rimal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-3625)
- Bishnu P. Marasini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-5234)
- Sher Bahadur Kamar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-7846)
- Shyam Prakash Dumre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-0745)
- Ravi Mohan Tiwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-3423)
- Pramod Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5949-6643)
- Kishor Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-9108)
- Basu Dev Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-7586)
- Ankit Kumar Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-5930)
- Hemraj Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9300-3594)
- Pradip Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-5959)
- G.R. Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1393-5276)
- Eak Dev Khanal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2452-2039)
Institutions
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- University of Nagasaki (JP)
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- Social Welfare Department (HK)
- Ministry of Health and Population (NP)
- Nepal Health Research Council (NP)
- Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (NP)
- Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center (NP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71667
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00