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Adjustment Difficulties of Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease
Author(s) -
Pinckney Rosie B.,
Stuart Gail W.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2004.00005.x
Subject(s) - cinahl , psychosocial , disease , medline , affect (linguistics) , population , medicine , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , environmental health , psychological intervention , pathology , biology , biochemistry , communication
TOPIC The psychosocial factors that affect adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). PURPOSE To explore whether specific psychosocial factors can provide clues to the future adjustment of this population. SOURCES Ovid Web, Medline, Psychinfo, and CINAHL databases for the years 1997 to 2001. CONCLUSIONS Promoting effective psychosocial functioning is as important as managing the medical aspects of SCD, yet this is an area of care that is commonly overlooked. Nurses, therefore, have an opportunity to have a significant impact on the lives of adolescents with SCD if they intervene in ways to promote both biological and psychosocial adjustment.