Health-related quality of life of adolescents with sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study.

David Muthahi KambasuJoseph RujumbaHervé Monka LekuyaDeogratias MunubeEzekiel Mupere

Published in: BMC hematology (2019)

This study highlighted that pain was negatively associated with both physical and psychosocial functioning; whereas getting Pneumococcal vaccine was positively associated with both physical and psychosocial functioning as reported by children and caretakers.

Keyphrases

physical activity
mental health
young adults
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
risk factors
spinal cord