Health-related quality of life in patients with sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia

201548 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Anwar Ahmed · King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Ahmed Alaskar · King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Ahmad M. Al-Suliman · King Fahad Hospital Hufūf

Abdul Rahman Jazieh · King Abdulaziz Medical City

Donna K. McClish · Virginia Commonwealth University

Majid Al Salamah · King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Yosra Z. Ali

Abstract

This study highlighted that poor education, fever, skin redness, and swelling were negatively associated with specific components of SF-36. SCD patients with a history of blood transfusion found their QoL poorer, whereas regular exercise tended to improve QoL.

Topics & Keywords

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Iron Metabolism and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 183-183

DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0380-8

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