Mothers Coping Pattern Toward Their Children with Sickle Cell Anemia

Abstract

Sickle cell anemia is a heritable disorder characterized by mutation on the β-globin gene as result produce of abnormal hemoglobin S and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Symptoms of sickle cell anemia include physiological, neurocognitive, and psychological comorbidities. Physiological symptoms of sickle cell anemia include vaso occlusive pain crises, anemia, dactylitis or hand-foot syndrome, eye damage, splenic sequestration, decreased ability to fight infections, acute chest syndrome, delayed growth and puberty, leg ulcers,