Burden of health-care of carers of children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Brown, B J ^a   Okereke, J O ^b   Lagunju, I A ^a   Orimadegun, A E ^a   Ohaeri, J U ^a   Akinyinka, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Carers; Children; Psychosocial impact; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NIGERIA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953738826     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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