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Marcos Almeida Matos
Marcos Almeida Matos
Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health,
Itapuã, Salvador-Bahia
Brazil
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Health Related Quality of Life of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Author(s): Marcos Almeida Matos, Cristiane Dias Malheiros and Simone Souza da Rocha MatosMarcos Almeida Matos, Cristiane Dias Malheiros and Simone Souza da Rocha Matos
Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was performed. Pediatric patients suffering from Sickle Cell Disease below the age of 21 were compared with asymptomatic pediatric individuals. Clinical and demographic data were collected along with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0). Results: The sample was composed of 68 children and adolescents in the "Sickle cell group" and 44 in the "Comparison group". Children and adolescent with SCD had lower scores of health related quality of life compared with healthy subjects in the domains physical (68.3 versus 88.8), social (71.1 versus 90.7), and school functioning (60.2 versus 78.7). The domain emotional functioning was n.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000345