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Empowering patients with sickle cell anemia and their families through innovative educational methods

2023-03-02

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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders caused by a mutation in the beta subunit of hemoglobin (HbS). SCD is also known as Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA). There are approximately 5000 Canadians living with SCA including children. Pediatric SCA patient education can: improve knowledge, decrease hospitalization, improve medication possession ratio, lead to better SCA related functioning, and lowe...

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10.22541/au.167776743.39852946/v1
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