Affiliation:
1. University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
2. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Abstract
The present study examined an exploratory model of the confluence of racial centrality, pain, psychological variables, and health care use in a sample of African American adults with sickle cell disease. Significant path coefficients were observed between pain severity, perceived stress, and psychological symptoms. The model yielded direct effects for paths to health care use from pain frequency and racial centrality—indicating that participants who reported more frequent pain episodes tended to use more health care services and those who endorsed a highly central African American identity utilized fewer health care services. Generally, these findings suggest a need for expanded thinking about determinants of health care use in this population beyond psychological and physiological variables. These findings support a rationale for further exploring the sociocultural context of sickle cell and highlight a specific need for better understanding the complex relationships among multidimensional aspects of racial identity and health care use.
Subject
Applied Psychology,Anthropology
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