Table 1.

DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=263)

Characteristic	n (%)
Age, years, Mean (SD)	35.6 (11.8)
Female	144 (54.8)
Education Level
High School or less	161 (61.2)
Some College	44 (16.7)
College Graduate	54 (20.5)
Refused to Answer	4 (1.5)
Employment Status
Working	94 (35.7)
Not Working	36 (13.7)
Disabled	113 (43.0)
Retired	9 (3.4)
Other	11 (4.2)
SCD Hemoglobinopathy
HbSS	182 (69.2)
HbSC	55 (20.9)
HbSBeta (0) Thalassemia	4 (1.5)
HbSBeta (+) Thalassemia	22 (8.4)
BPI Severity Score, median (range)	4 (0–10)
CESD-10 Score, median (range)	8 (0–29)