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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Main Authors: Júlia Lamese Amaral, Nívea Aparecida Almeida, Paula Silveira Santos, Patrícia Peres de Oliveira, Fernanda Moura Lanza
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2015-06-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2763
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author 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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