Oyedeji G A
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
East Afr Med J. 1991 Mar;68(3):181-9.
In a study by questionnaire and anthropometric measurements of the effect of sickle cell disease on the health growth and education of 102 Nigerian children aged between 9 months and 17 years, the first symptoms of the disease had occurred by the age 1 1/2 years in 58.8% of them. Strenuous exercise and exposure to cold water and weather commonly precipitated illness episodes which occurred in 81.4% of the children at least bi-annually. 94.1% of the children have been hospitalised and 76.5% transfused with blood at least once each before. Of the 67 children in school only 32.8% were in their correct classes and 53.7% have lost years. The mean class examination performance score computed for 55 of those in school was 67.8% +/- 21.5. The heights fall around and the weights below the third percentile of standard growth curves for Nigerian elite children. The disease affects the parameters examined adversely and should be controlled more effectively.
在一项通过问卷调查和人体测量来研究镰状细胞病对102名年龄在9个月至17岁之间的尼日利亚儿童健康成长及教育影响的研究中，58.8%的儿童在1.5岁时就出现了该病的首发症状。剧烈运动以及接触冷水和寒冷天气通常会引发发病，81.4%的儿童至少每半年发病一次。94.1%的儿童曾住院治疗，76.5%的儿童此前至少输血一次。在67名上学的儿童中，只有32.8%在相应年级就读，53.7%的儿童出现了学业荒废。对55名在校儿童计算得出的班级考试平均成绩为67.8%±21.5。这些儿童的身高处于尼日利亚精英儿童标准生长曲线的第三百分位数左右及以下，体重则低于该百分位数。该疾病对所检查的各项指标产生了不利影响，应更有效地加以控制。
