Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Using the Child Health Questionnaire

• Published in: Journal of pediatric health care Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 14 - 22
• Main Authors: Wrotniak, Brian H., PhD, Schall, Joan I., PhD, Brault, Megan E., MA, Balmer, Dorene F., PhD, Stallings, Virginia A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Advanced Practice Nursing; Anemia, Sickle Cell - physiopathology; Child; Child, Preschool; children; Female; Health-related quality of life; Humans; Male; Pediatrics; Quality of Life; sickle cell disease; Surveys and Questionnaires; Health-related quality of life; children; sickle cell disease

Abstract Introduction This study sought to determine if changes in parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD-SS) occurred after participation in a nutritional supplementation study and to compare HRQOL responses with normative scores from non-Wh...