Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease
Objective: to describe socio-demographic and economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical manifestations, use of medicationsand monitoring of adults with sickle-cell disease. Methods: a descriptive study with quantitative approach, made with 20adults, registered in a Hematology and Hemotherapy Cent...
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| author | Júlia Lamese Amaral Nívea Aparecida Almeida Paula Silveira Santos Patrícia Peres de Oliveira Fernanda Moura Lanza |
| author_facet | Júlia Lamese Amaral Nívea Aparecida Almeida Paula Silveira Santos Patrícia Peres de Oliveira Fernanda Moura Lanza |
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| description | Objective: to describe socio-demographic and economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical manifestations, use of medicationsand monitoring of adults with sickle-cell disease. Methods: a descriptive study with quantitative approach, made with 20adults, registered in a Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, using, for data collection, interviews in the participant’s homeand medical records. In order to have the database, the EpiDatae analysis software through statistical program was used.Results: most of the population consisted of women, married, with complete high school, which used exclusively the UnifiedHealth System. The average age was 30.6 years, and 90.0% (95% CI 68.3-98.8) were black. All of them reported painful crisesand fatigue. They used folic acid daily 35.0% (95% CI 15.4-59.2). Conclusion: the implications of sickle-cell disease could bemitigated through primary, secondary and tertiary health care, according to the needs of those adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-07ab15dbe22645fca5dd6d43e7a19efa2025-08-20T12:57:47ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832015-06-01163Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell diseaseJúlia Lamese Amaral0Nívea Aparecida Almeida1Paula Silveira Santos2Patrícia Peres de Oliveira3Fernanda Moura Lanza4Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei. Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei. Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei. Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei. Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei. Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.Objective: to describe socio-demographic and economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical manifestations, use of medicationsand monitoring of adults with sickle-cell disease. Methods: a descriptive study with quantitative approach, made with 20adults, registered in a Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, using, for data collection, interviews in the participant’s homeand medical records. In order to have the database, the EpiDatae analysis software through statistical program was used.Results: most of the population consisted of women, married, with complete high school, which used exclusively the UnifiedHealth System. The average age was 30.6 years, and 90.0% (95% CI 68.3-98.8) were black. All of them reported painful crisesand fatigue. They used folic acid daily 35.0% (95% CI 15.4-59.2). Conclusion: the implications of sickle-cell disease could bemitigated through primary, secondary and tertiary health care, according to the needs of those adults.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2763AnemiaSickle CellAdult HealthEpidemiology. |
| spellingShingle | Júlia Lamese Amaral Nívea Aparecida Almeida Paula Silveira Santos Patrícia Peres de Oliveira Fernanda Moura Lanza Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease Rev Rene Anemia Sickle Cell Adult Health Epidemiology. |
| title | Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease |
| title_full | Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease |
| title_fullStr | Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease |
| title_short | Socio-demographic, economic and health profile of adults with sickle-cell disease |
| title_sort | socio demographic economic and health profile of adults with sickle cell disease |
| topic | Anemia Sickle Cell Adult Health Epidemiology. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2763 |
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