Disease Knowledge, Illness Perceptions, and Quality of Life in Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease: Is There a Link?

Disease knowledge, illness perceptions, and quality of life (QOL) were examined in 150 adolescents (mean age = 16.1 years, SD = 1.9; 49.3% males) with sickle cell disease (SCD). Females had higher knowledge (P = .004), lower QOL (P = .02), and perceived their illness to be more unpredictable (P = .0...

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Autores principales: Asnani, Monika Rani, Barton-Gooden, Antoinette, Grindley, Marlyn, Knight-Madden, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17739194

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17739194

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