The relation between sleep and pain sensitization in pediatric sickle cell disease
Findings provide further evidence linking poor sleep to increased pain via impaired pain inhibition but may be best captured using objective sleep measures in pediatric SCD. Interventions aimed at improving sleep efficiency may have downstream effects on clinical pain in this population.
Authors
- Parker A. Kell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4703-0556)
- Wynette Williams-Kirkwood
- Cynthia Karlson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7597-6505)
- Hannah Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-4364)
- Harrison Dickens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7390-9460)
- Matthew C. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-4080)
- Zachary C Wilde
- A. Golden
Institutions
- Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- University of Southern Mississippi (US)
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf102
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00