• Psychology Impact Of Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

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    • This study sought the psychology impact of living with sickle cell anaemia, a study of Babcock University, Illishan Remo, Ogun State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design in conjunction with the convenience sampling technique to randomly select 100 students from all departments in the study area. Data collection was done through the use and administration of a questionnaire. The data generated were analyzed using simple percentage and frequency count with the aid of the software SPSS version 20 and the linear regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses at .05 significance level. The results indicated there are psychological assaults on students living with sickle cell anemia in Babcock University. In this light, the study advised that more attention should be given to the sickle cell anaemia students in Babcock university and a sickle cell anaemia student who is not academically inclined and assaulted might do better if he is assessed by psychological counselor and doctor regularly.

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    • CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Sickle Cell TraitThe trait form of· sickle cell disease has no clinical manifestations except under extraordinary circumstances, during which the individual might experience a crisis similar to that of 'the anemia victims. Thus, symptomatology in sickle cell trait can be virtually obliterated by avoiding those circumstances which would precipitate a crisis conditional Sickle cell trait individuals may be incapacitated by (1) conditions of extreme hypoxia, such as flying in an un ... Continue reading---