Living with sickle cell disease: adolescent’s perception
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v26i1p109-117Keywords:
Anemia, sickle cell, Hemoglobin SC disease, Adolescent, Occupational therapy.Abstract
This cross-sectional descriptive study with qualitative quantitative approach aims to describe and analyze the perception of adolescents about living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD); identify and analyze which major occupational roles of these teens and the importance they attach to the roles. Data were obtained by Role Checklist, by sociodemographic characteristics of participants and a semi-structured interview guideline with seven adolescents with SCD. The interview data were submitted to content analysis thematic categorical and the Role Checklist
was analyzed by absolute and relative frequency. We conclude that living with SCD is surrounded by hardships that occur in various spaces of daily lives of adolescents and may lead them to a unsatisfactory quality of life, and negative repercussions in the future.