| Knowledge and attitudes of secondary school students in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria towards sickle cell disease. | |
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PMID: 22288328 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: This study was conducted among Secondary School Students in Federal Capital Territory (FCT),Abuja Nigeria, between May and June 2010 to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the students towards Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional study carried out on 600 students from 8 secondary schools located within (FCT). A multistage sampling method was used for selection of the study population. Data was collected with the aid of a pretested self-administered questionnaire and analyzed with EPI-INFO 2008. RESULTS: The age of respondents ranged from 9 to 26 years with the mean age of 15.16 (SD = 2.13). The modal age of the respondents was 10-19 years (97.8%). The male: female ratio was 1.01:1. A large number of respondents' fathers (80.7%) and mothers (70.2%) respectively, had at least secondary school education. Majority (81.8%) of the respondents claimed to have heard about sickle cell disease (SCD) but only 38.0% of them knew the cause of SCD. Slightly less than half, 292 (48.7%) of the respondents knew their genotype. Of the 292 respondents that knew their genotype, 206 (70.5%) were AA, 50 (17.1%) were AS,14 (4.8%), SS, 11 (3.8%)AC, 5 (1.7%) SC, 4 (1.4%) CC, 2 (0.7%) other types of genotype. Only 46.2% and 36.8% of them respectively, correctly identified that pre-marital genotype testing and avoidance of marriage between two persons with haemoglobin S genotype as means of preventing further spread of SCD. Factors found to be significantly associated with the knowledge of respondents' genotype were; age = 15 years, respondents' mothers' educational status, being taught about SCD in school, ever seeing somebody suffering from SCD complication, losing a relative to SCD, being in senior secondary school class and knowing the cause of SCD. CONCLUSION: This study shows that majority of the respondents did not know their genotype ,and their knowledge about the cause and prevention of SCD was poor. |
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Rotimi S Owolabi; Peter Alabi; Daniel Olusoji; Samuel Ajayi; Theresa Otu; Adeniyi Ogundiran |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Nigerian journal of medicine : journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria Volume: 20 ISSN: 1115-2613 ISO Abbreviation: Niger J Med Publication Date: 2011 Oct-Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-01-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888321 Medline TA: Niger J Med Country: Nigeria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 479-85 Citation Subset: IM |
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HIV/AIDS Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria. rsowolabi@yahoo.com |
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