Pediatric sickle cell pain-sleep relationships: The roles of positive and negative affect.

Cecelia R Valrie Kristen AlstonKrystal MorganRebecca L Kilpatrick India SislerBeng Fuh

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2021)

Further research is needed to examine the differential roles of positive and negative affect in other pain and adult SCD populations. Research examining the mechanisms by which positive and negative affect may influence the sleep-pain relationship is needed to inform future interventions to improve sleep and pain in the pediatric SCD population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
physical activity
sleep quality
emergency department
electronic health record