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Psychology Impact Of Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia
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1.2 Statement of the problem
Sickle
cell anaemia has been with man for a long time, a lot myth surrounds
its occurrence and management. In recent times science and technology
had laid bear on those traditional beliefs. It is now known to all and
sundry that it is a disease that is inherited from once parents.
Resulting in a sickle shape of the red blood cells. This cause a
reduction in the amount of oxygen absorbed into the body by the red
blood cells. Aside the disease the traumatic or psychological trauma it
causes is another side of the problem entirely. The way to manage this
trauma and re-unite the patient to the fold of his or her peer is the
focus of this study.
1.3 Objective of the study
The aim of this research among others would be;
To find out if there is psychological assault in Babcock University.
To know the cause of psychological assault on people suffering from Sickle cell Anaemia Babcock University.
To
find out possible ways to reduce or eradicate the psychological assault
on people suffering from Sickle Cell Anaemia in Babcock University.
1.4 Research questions
This research would be driven by the following questions:
1. Is there any psychological assault on people living with sickle cell anaemia in Babcock University?
2. What are the causes of psychological assault on people living with sickle cell anaemia in Babcock University?
3. Is there any way that people living with sickle cell in Babcock university can be help from psychological assault?
1.5 Research hypothesis
HO: There are no psychological assaults on students living with sickle cell anemia in Babcock University.
H1: There are psychological assaults on students living with sickle cell anemia in Babcock University.
1.6 Significant of the study
The
purpose of this quantitative study is to determine whether there is
significant influence of the independent variable (psychological impact
of living) with regard to the sickle cell anaemia in a sample of
students from the Babcock University.
This study will fill a gap in
the literature within the ogun state, particularly Babacock University
context by investigating psychology impact of living with sickle cell
anaemia in Babcock University thereby, adding to the body of knowledge.
It will also provide a contextual and theoretical understanding of
sickle cell anaemia in Babcock University.
Furthermore, this study
would help to provide solutions to lingering psychological assault on
people living with sickle cell disease in Babcock university and Nigeria
in general. It would give insight on what sickle cell is all about.
This
study would also enlighten the people on what orthodox medicine can
offer and how life threatening it can be. Finally it would throw light
on the management of the disease especially in Nigeria weak medical
system
1.7 Scope of the study/ Limitation of study
This
study examines psychology impact of living with sickle cell anaemia in
babcock university. This study would cover the students in babcock
university and would not be extended to its environs.
The limitations
encountered in the study are time constraint, cost constraint and
unwillingness of respondents to provide the necessary data.
The time
allotted to carry out this study is relatively short considering other
academic engagements of the researcher. Due to paucity of funds, the
study’s coverage was limited to only one university in Ogun State.
Furthermore, the respondents, who are students in the selected
institution were somehow unwilling to participate in the survey
exercise. Nevertheless, a robust and fact-finding research is carried
out.
1.8 Methodology
In this study we are employing the
survey methods to get our data using questionnaire design by the
researcher. The questionnaire would be administered to sample size of
students chosen randomly by the researcher.
1.9 Definition of terms
Anaemia: the condition of having a defective blood cell.
Red blood cells: it is the blood cell that carries oxygen to all other parts of the body.
Traits: it is characters that transfer from parents to off springs.
Assault: an unhealthy treatment met out to people because of their condition.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 ve ... Continue reading---
