Table 2.

Relationship between social support, perceived stress and severity of sickle cell anaemia

Variables	Sickle Cell Severity Score, Rhos (p-value)
Social Support-Parents’ Sub-scale	-0.30 (0.03)
Social Support - Teachers’ Sub-scale	-0.23 (0.06)
Social Support - Classmates’ Sub-scale	-0.50 (< 0.001)
Social Support - Total Score	-0.40 (0.002)
PSS score	0.06 (0.67)

Rho = Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient, PSS = Perceived Social Support