Pain and QOL in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Buffering by Resilience Processes.

Laura A WrightLindsey L CohenJensi GiseSharon ShihSoumitri SilSierra Carter

Published in: Journal of pediatric psychology (2021)

Results suggest that strengths-based factors may play an important role for adolescents' QOL within the context of SCD pain. Interventions that enhance teenagers' ability to accept pain might be particularly useful to improve QOL in adolescents living with SCD pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
sickle cell disease
young adults
physical activity