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Health-Related Stigma, Social Support, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Care Actions Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease in Oman.
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Clinical Nursing Research . Jun2022, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p803-811. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Stigma contributes to the burden of individuals and families affected by Sickle cell disease (SCD) and causes delay in appropriate care seeking. The aim of this study is to examine the levels and associations between stigma, social support, self-efficacy, and self-care actions among adult patients with SCD in Oman using a cross-sectional, correlational design. Of the 264 participants, 56.1% (n = 148) were males, with mean age of 30.1 years (SD 7.7). Half of the participants were married, and 88.3% had no other associated diseases. The results demonstrate that patients in Oman suffer from health-related stigma. However, social support, self-efficacy, and self-care actions were reported to be high and correlated with several clinical and demographic variables. Based on the results, effective, low-cost interventions such as psycho-educational groups, individual counseling, or group therapies might be developed. They can promote belief in enhanced efficacy and improved SCD adaptation, thereby increasing patient, and provider satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RESEARCH
*STATISTICS
*SOCIAL support
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CROSS-sectional method
*HEALTH status indicators
*SOCIAL stigma
*MANN Whitney U Test
*SELF-efficacy
*RISK assessment
*T-test (Statistics)
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*STATISTICAL correlation
*STATISTICAL sampling
*DATA analysis software
*DATA analysis
*HEALTH self-care
*SICKLE cell anemia
*ADULTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156937156
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738211046731