What is it about?
The paper described an educational intervention in adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and discovered that females reported poorer health-related quality of life than males.
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Why is it important?
Literatures demonstrate that females reported poor health-related quality of life across many chronic illnesses, but this paper demonstrated that this view existed as early as in the adolescent period.
Perspectives
Being aware of this outcome is important for health care practitioners and parents/guardians of adolescents living with Sickle Cell Disease. It is imperative that conversations and targeted interventions be implemented for this vulnerable group. It is hoped that it will build more resilience in these adolescents, and provide more social support and empathy in health care settings for this group.
Mrs. Antoinette Odette Barton-Gooden
University of the West Indies
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This page is a summary of: Gender influences on the health of adolescents with sickle cell disease, Psychology Health & Medicine, October 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2018.1533985.
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