Adolescents with sickle cell disease: Determinants of support group attendance and satisfaction

Joseph Telfair; Marilyn M. Gardner

doi:10.1093/hsw/25.1.43

Adolescents with sickle cell disease: Determinants of support group attendance and satisfaction

Joseph Telfair, Marilyn M. Gardner

Health Policy & Community Health

SUNY Potsdam

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Abstract

Support groups have the potential to mitigate some of the developmental and condition-specific psychological and social issues common to sickle cell disease (SCD), yet little is known about how adolescents with SCD view and use these groups. As part of a larger study, 79 adolescents with SCD completed questionnaires assessing reasons for attending or not attending support groups, level and type of help received from group participation, group satisfaction, and attendance. This article reports on findings descriptively. Professionals can enhance their effectiveness as providers of social and mental health services by understanding the role that support groups play in the overall well-being of adolescents with SCD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-49
Number of pages	7
Journal	Health and Social Work
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/25.1.43
State	Published - Feb 2000

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Adolescents
Satisfaction
Sickle-cell disease
Support groups

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