Attitudes toward Management of Sickle Cell Disease and Its Complications: A National Survey of Academic Family Physicians

Table 2

Physician perceptions of SCD, full sample.

	Full sample
Comfort managing patients	Comfortable
Overall management, %	20.4
RBC transfusions, %	30.8
HSCT, %	0.6
Hydroxyurea treatment, %	20.5
Pain management, %	47.8
Complication concerns	Concerned
Iron overload, %	60.9
Stroke, %	77.6
Atherosclerosis, %	45.9
Pneumonia, %	71.4
Willing to comanage patient with specialist	Likely
Pediatric patients, %	79.7
Adult patients, %	67.8
Impact of CDS on willingness to manage SCD patients	Likely
Pediatric patients, %	25.6
Adult patients, %	34.1
Perceived utility of CDS for SCD patient care	Useful
Diagnosis	22.9
Treatment	69.4
Avoiding complications	72.6