Barriers experienced in self-care practice by young people with sickle cell disease

Objective: To identify barriers to the self-care practice of young people with sickle cell disease. Method: This qualitative study was conducted with 17 individuals with sickle cell disease aged between 13 and 24 years in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil in March and April 2017. An interview investigated...

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Main Authors: Sumaya Giarola Cecilio, Sônia Aparecida dos Santos Pereira, Valquíria dos Santos Pinto, Heloísa de Carvalho Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137918300154