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. 2013 Jun;88(6):532-3.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.23441. Epub 2013 May 13.

Among emergency physicians, use of the term "Sickler" is associated with negative attitudes toward people with sickle cell disease

Jeffrey Glassberg, Paula Tanabe, Lynne Richardson, Michael Debaun

Among emergency physicians, use of the term "Sickler" is associated with negative attitudes toward people with sickle cell disease

Jeffrey Glassberg et al. Am J Hematol. 2013 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Tanabe received funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, R18HS1946.

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Use of the term “sickler” is associated with more negative and less positive attitudes toward people with SCD. The three attitude scales (negative attitudes, red flag behaviors, and positive attitudes) are scored from 0 to 100. For each attitude scale, horizontal bars indicate the average change in attitudinal scale (95% CI) associated with the frequency of the use of the term “sickler” (providers indicate never, rarely, frequently, or always). Effects reported are adjusted for provider gender, race, and level (physician vs. midlevel provider) with those who “rarely” use the term as the reference group. For example, in response to the question “How often do you refer to a patient with SCD as a ‘sickler’?” an answer of “always” is associated with a 17.4 increase (95% CI 11.1–23.6) in negative attitude scores. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]
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