Assessing the psychosocial problems in parenting sickle-cell children in Enugu

Assessing the psychosocial problems in parenting sickle-cell children in Enugu

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Aim: To assess the psychosocial problems encountered in parenting sickle-cell children in Enugu.Method: The subjects include all (parents, guardians, foster parents of sickle-cell children) who have the responsibility of caring for sickle-cell children and who have attended the sickle-cell clinic of the UNTH between June-August 1999.Data was gathered using a structured questionnaire which tapped information on (a) sociodemographic Adjustment Grip variables (b) psychosocial consequences of parenting sickle-cell children and (c)coping mechanisms adopted by parents in alleviating these psychosocial consequences.Results: There were 72 (64%) females and 40 (36%) males.

Most of the respondents were married (75%).57% were self employed.Psychosocial problems in the Bath Toys areas of marital and interpersonal relationships as well as income and other areas of psychosocial functioning were found to be high.Conclusion: Special psychological services should be rendered to parents with sickle-cell children to help reduce the increasing psychosocial difficulties asociated with parenting these children.