TABLE 3.

Healthcare provider’s knowledge of the clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease.

Clinical manifestations	Nurses						Physicians (N = 80)		All (N = 318)
	A2 (N = 118)		A1 (N = 110)		A0 (N = 10)		n	%	n	%
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Anaemia	111	94.1	109	99.1	10	100.0	79	98.8	309	97.2
Bone pain	109	92.4	105	95.5	10	100.0	78	97.5	302	95.0
Swelling of hand/foot	103	87.3	98	89.1	9	90.0	78	97.5	288	90.6
Repeated seizures	101	85.6	101	91.8	9	90.0	73	91.3	284	89.3
Growth and developmental delay	110	93.2	101	91.8	10	100.0	75	93.8	296	93.1
Jaundice	109	92.4	104	94.5	10	100.0	76	95.0	299	94.0
Joint pain	113	95.8	104	94.5	10	100.0	76	95.0	303	95.3
Chronic leg ulcer	49	41.5	51	46.4	7	70.0	55	68.8	162	50.9
Stroke	22	18.6	18	16.4	4	40.0	50	62.5	94	29.6
Priapism	25	21.2	23	20.9	3	30.0	63	78.8	114	35.8
Pulmonary infection	45	38.1	48	43.6	5	50.0	55	68.8	153	48.1
Bone infection	82	69.5	85	77.3	10	100.0	66	82.5	243	76.4
Frequent transfusions	112	94.9	100	90.9	10	100.0	79	98.8	301	94.7
Erythrocytes are short-lived and underlie anaemia	104	88.1	104	94.5	8	80.0	75	93.7	291	91.5
Recurrent infections may suspect SCD	45	38.1	51	46.4	4	40.0	51	63.8	151	47.5

SCD, sickle cell disease.