Child-Rearing Practices of Primary Care Children With Sickle Cell Disease: The I of Professionals and Caregivers

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Objective: To obtain caregiver and medical professional opinions regarding the child caregivers of children with sickle cell diseases (SCD) Methods: We obtained self-reports of parenting practices from 48 caregivers of child caregivers of matched classroom comparison peers using the Child-Rearing Practices ratings were also obtained from 12 experts in pediatric SCD regarding their prediction a child with SCD would respond. The experts predicted differences in protectlveness slve worry. Objective interim and lifetime illness severity scores were obtained for the Results: Caregivers showed similarity between the two groups, disagreement with the relationship to illness severity. Conclusions: Experts who work with children with chronic illnesses such as SCD seen Ideas that do not correspond with parental reports of their child-rearing practices, s careful clinical evaluations.