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

Health and Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-49

  Telfair, Joseph ^a   Gardner, Marilyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Satisfaction; Sickle cell disease; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF HELP; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 0041028582     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/25.1.43     Document Type: Article

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