| Literature DB >> 33414931 |
Suthan Pandarakutty1, Kamala Murali2, Judie Arulappan3, Sulaiman D Al Sabei4.
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) can significantly impair the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents. This review aimed to assess current evidence regarding the HRQOL of children and adolescents with SCD in the Middle East and North Africa region. A systematic search of various databases was conducted to identify relevant articles, including MEDLINE® (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA), Scopus® (Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature®, Masader (Oman Virtual Science Library, Muscat, Oman) and EBSCOhost (EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA). A total of 533 articles were identified; however, only 10 were eligible for inclusion in the final analysis. Results from these studies showed that children and adolescents with SCD had compromised HRQOL compared to their healthy peers, particularly in terms of physical, psychosocial, familial, financial and academic functioning. Therefore, interventions are necessary to improve overall HRQOL outcomes for this population. © Copyright 2020, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Infants; Middle East; North Africa; Sickle Cell Disease
Year: 2020 PMID： 33414931 PMCID： PMC7757932 DOI： 10.18295/squmj.2020.20.04.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J ISSN： 2075-051X