2020
Changes in Pain and Psychosocial Functioning and Transition to Chronic Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
Sil S, Cohen L, Bakshi N, Watt A, Hathaway M, Abudulai F, Dampier C. Changes in Pain and Psychosocial Functioning and Transition to Chronic Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease. The Clinical Journal Of Pain 2020, 36: 463-471. PMID: 32287106, PMCID: PMC7233325, DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic SCD painSickle cell diseaseChronic painSCD painEpisodic painCell diseasePediatric sickle cell diseasePsychosocial functioningHealth care utilizationBaseline psychosocial factorsPain groupPain intensityCare utilizationPainDepressive symptomsDiagnostic criteriaBiopsychosocial factorsPsychosocial factorsBiopsychosocial variablesBaselineFurther studiesDiseaseSelf-report measuresFrequency groupPatients
2018
Pain catastrophizing is associated with poorer health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease
Bakshi N, Lukombo I, Belfer I, Krishnamurti L. Pain catastrophizing is associated with poorer health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease. Journal Of Pain Research 2018, 11: 947-953. PMID: 29773954, PMCID: PMC5947835, DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s151198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseasePoor health-related qualityHealth-related qualityHealth care utilizationPoor HRQOLPain intensityCare utilizationCell diseaseDepressive symptomsPrior health care utilizationPsychological factorsPain-related outcomesRace-matched controlsCross-sectional studyQuality of lifePaucity of dataSCD outcomesPain burdenPediatric patientsRed blood cellsPain interferenceMultisystem involvementPain phenotypingHRQoLPsychological covariates