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Emotions, worse attention linked to pain-related health care use SCD
Key clinical point: Cognitive and emotional factors may hinder management of children with sickle cell disease.
Major finding: Worse scores on emotion scales and attention tests were associated with pain-related ED visits and hospitalizations.
Study details: A retrospective study of 112 children/adolescents with sickle cell disease enrolled in a study of computerized learning.
Disclosures The study was sponsored in part by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Ms Williams is the recipient of an American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award. Dr. Curtis and Ms. Williams both reported no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
Williams Z et al. ASH 2020, Abstract 366.