Sleep and Chronic Pain in an Ethnically Congruent Sample of Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Sleep disturbance is a common complication among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). The prevalence of sleep disturbances and their impact on affective status, stress and pain has not been well documented among adult patients with SCD. The findings of this study suggested that sleep disturbances are common and distressing among adults with SCD. This study represents an important step in addressing sleep disturbances in this population and implications for future directions in research are discussed.