The stability of pain coping strategies in young children adolescents, and adults with sickle cell disease over an 18-month period
Abstract
The current study assessed stability of pain coping strategies over an 18-month period in adults, adolescents, and young children with sickle cell disease. Eighteen-month longitudinal study. Assessments of coping strategies were done at baseline, 9 months, and 18 months. A total of 141 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) presenting to adult and pediatric sickle cell clinics for regularly scheduled check-ups. Coping Strategy Questionnaire subscales (Coping Attempts, Negative Thinking, and Illness-Focused Strategies). pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficients comparing baseline and 18-month follow-up coping data were highly significant for Coping Attempts and Negative Thinking/Illness Focused Strategies for adults. For young children, the 18-month follow-up scores on Negative Thinking were significantly correlated with baseline scores, however, no other 18-month correlations were significant. The results from the adolescent subset of subjects indicated no significant correlations on any of the coping strategies from baseline to 18-month-follow-up. Stability was also assessed using intraclass correlations, which incorporates more than two test-retest values on the same subjects. These analyses confirmed that coping strat...Continue Reading
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