Table 1.

Demographic and clinic characteristics of the study sample

Variable	value	N	Percent
Female		23	59.0
Age	18–34 yrs >=35 yrs	24 15	61.5 38.5
Use Hydroxyurea (HU)		27	69.2
Use Folic acid vitamin		26	66.7
Ever Long-acting medication user Ever Short-acting medication user Ever Non-opioid medication user		29 35 29	74.4 89.7 74.4
SCD disease type	HgbSC HgbSS/SO-Ara Sβ+Thal Sβ0Thal	8 23 5 3 39	20.5 59.0 12.8 7.7
Total number of study sample (patients)