The purpose of this study was to determine how family income and sickle cell disease impacted the daily lives of children. This study used a cross-sectional approach to study children with and without sickle cell disease and how they were affected by family income and sickle cell disease in their daily life. During a scheduled clinical visit, those that participated in the study completed the PEDS QL, also known as the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, generic core scales parent-proxy or child self-report questionnaire. In this particular study, there was 104 children with sickle cell disease and 74 without sickle cell disease. Compared to children without sickle cell disease, children with sickle cell disease had an increased probability
