Table 2.
General sickle cell disease awareness, and sickle cell status stratified per demographic variables of study participants at University of Cape Coast from 2nd February to 22nd December 2022
| Variable | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Have you heard about sickle cell disease? | |||
| No | 372 (98.7) | ||
| Yes | 5 (1.3) | ||
| Sources of information about sickle cell disease | |||
| Print media | 14 (3.6) | ||
| School | 163 (42.2) | ||
| Health professionals | 62 (16.1) | ||
| Social media | 31 (8.0) | ||
| Broadcast media | 42 (10.9) | ||
| Church, family and peers | 61 (15.8) | ||
| aMissing | 13 (3.4) | ||
| How does one get sickle cell disease? | |||
| Blood transfusion | 15 (3.9) | ||
| Destiny | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Spiritual attack | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Hereditary | 362 (93.8) | ||
| Blood transfusion and hereditary | 7 (1.8) | ||
| Do you know your sickle cell status? | |||
| aMissing | 9 (2.3) | ||
| No | 185 (47.9) | ||
| Yes | 192 (49.7) | ||
| How does one get diagnosed with sickle cell disease? | |||
| Blood test | 351 (90.9) | ||
| Eye examination | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Physical examination | 23 (6.0) | ||
| X-ray | 10 (2.6) | ||
| Do you know your sickle cell status? | |||
| No | Yes | ||
| Age (years) | |||
| 15–19 | 30 (7.9) | 18 (60.0) | 12 (40.0) |
| 20–29 | 288 (76.4) | 146 (50.7) | 142 (49.3) |
| 30–39 | 52 (13.8) | 20 (38.5) | 32 (61.5) |
| ≥ 40 | 7 (1.9) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 183 (48.5) | 93 (50.8) | 90 (49.2) |
| Male | 194 (51.5) | 92 (47.4) | 102 (52.6) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 15 (4.0) | 2 (13.3) | 13 (86.7) |
| Divorced | 24 (6.4) | 12 (50.0) | 12 (50.0) |
| Single | 336 (89.6) | 170 (50.6) | 166 (49.4) |
| Educational levelb | |||
| Undergraduate | 334 (88.6) | 171 (51.2) | 163 (48.8) |
| Masters/MPhil | 37 (9.8) | 13 (35.1) | 24 (64.9) |
| PhD | 6 (1.6) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) |
aMissing indicates missing data
bIndicates that the proportions are significantly different at p < 0.05 as determined by Chi-square test