Research Article
Sickle Cell Disease in Children: Knowledge and Home-Based Management Strategies among Caregivers at a Tertiary Facility in Northern Ghana
Table 1
Background characteristics of caregivers’.
| | Baseline characteristic | Frequency (%) |
| | Caregiver | | | Mother | 9 (64.3) | | Father | 5 (35.7) | | Age of caregiver (years) | | | <20 | 4 (28.6) | | 20-39 | 6 (42.8) | | ≥40 | 4 (28.6) | | Marital status of caregiver | | | Married | 14(100) | | Divorced | 0 | | Educational level | | | None | 1 (7.1) | | High school | 5 (35.8) | | Tertiary | 8 (57.1) | | Employment | | | Civil servant | 7 (50.0) | | Trading | 4 (28.6) | | Unemployed | 3 (21.4) | | Genotype | | | SC | 5 (35.8) | | SS | 9 (64.2) | | Number of children with SCD | | | 1 | 2 (14.3) | | 2-3 | 8 (57.1) | | 4 and above | 4 (28.6) |
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