Schools and Young People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Nigeria

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 May 2023
• Main ID: PACTR201609001789310
• Date of registration: 20/09/2016
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: De Montfort University
• Public title: Schools and Young People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Nigeria
• Scientific title: Schools and Young People with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Nigeria
• Date of first enrolment: 30/09/2016
• Target sample size: 400
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=1789
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Factorial: participants randomly allocated to either no, one, some or all interventions simultaneously,Randomised,Simple randomization sequence using Table of Random Numbers,The allocation sequence was done by a LASUCOM statistician who is situated off site
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Nigeria

Contacts

• Name: Bolanle Ola
• Affiliation: Senior Lecturer/LASUCOM

• Name: Bolanle Ola
• Affiliation: Senior Lecturer/LASUCOM

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Ages: 5-18 living with sickle cell disease (sickle cell anaemia; haemoglobin SC disease, sickle beta-thalassaemia or other forms of sickle cell disease, but not sickle cell trait [haemoglobin AS])
2. Attending the outpatient sickle cell clinics at Lagos State University College of Medicine and/or the Lagos sickle cell support clubs,
3. Assent (with parental consent), or (aged 16+) who consent, to take part.
Exclusion criteria: Those on inpatient admissions
Those who are too sick to participate in the study
Those who do not consent or assent to the study

Age minimum: 5 Year(s)
Age maximum: 18 Year(s)
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Haematological Disorders
Sickle Cell Disease

Haematological Disorders

Sickle Cell Disease

Intervention(s)

School Guide on Sickle Cell Policy

Standard School Health Education

Primary Outcome(s)

composite score out of ten based on the ten test items (some score 1 point for a yes, some score 1 point for a no depending upon whether the item in question represents a support to good health or a threat to good health)

Secondary Outcome(s)

Number of days off school

Source(s) of Monetary Support

De Montfort University

Secondary Sponsor(s)

LASUCOM

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 18/09/2015
Contact:

Faculty Research Ethics Committee

Status: Approved
Approval date: 10/11/2015
Contact:

Health Research and Ethics Committee