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Table 2 Patient Characteristics: Demographic characteristics for : Children of parent participants in Group 1 (excluding those patients represented in Group 2), and Group 2 (adolescent patient participants)

From: Patient and family experience with chronic transfusion therapy for sickle cell disease: A qualitative study

 

Children of parents in Group 1 (n = 9)a

Group 2 (n = 9)

Age, Median (IQR)

10 (6–11)

14 (14–16)

Female gender n (%)

6 (66.7)

5 (55.6)

African American Race, n (%)

7 (77.8)

9 (100.0)

Non-Hispanic Ethnicity, n (%)

6 (66.7)

9 (100.0)

Education Level, n (%)

 Not yet in school

2 (22.2)

0

 In School

7 (77.8)

8 (88.9)

 High School Graduate

0

1 (11.1)

Patient HRQOL Score by self-report (n = 9), median (IQR)

90.7 (74.4–93)

Parent-proxy HRQOL Score, median (IQR)

 All parents (n = 15)b

68 (57.6–73.8)

 

 Parents not part of dyad (n = 9)

63.7 (57.6–73.8)

 
  1. aDoes not include those patients represented in Group 2
  2. bIncludes parent-proxy HRQOL scores of some patients included in Group 2