Association between Participants’ Characteristics, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Clinical Outcomes in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease

Background. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic debilitating illness. SCD-related complications result in substantial impairment in quality of life (QOL). Our study objective was to assess the relationship of participants’ characteristics, QOL, hydroxyurea adherence, and SCD-related clinical outc...

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Main Authors: Sherif M. Badawy, Leonardo Barrera, Stephanie Cai, Alexis A. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8296139