A qualitative exploration of health-related quality of life and health behaviours in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings.
Christina ConstantinouNicola PayneOlga van den AkkerBaba InusaPublished in: Psychology & health (2021)
Children have some discrepancies in their HRQL but adjusted expectations among children with SCD may reduce discrepancy. Adapting health behaviours may help to cope with SCD but it is important that reductions in physical activity do not impair HRQL.