Statewide Academic Performance of High School Students With Sickle Cell Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), poor academic attainment in adolescence is associated with a greater frequency of acute care visits and a poorer health-related quality of life in adulthood. We compared the academic performance of high school students with SCD to students without SCD after controlling for race and sex.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was constructed based on the Tennessee Medicaid program claims data and Tennessee Department of Education Race to the Top educational data from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2019. For every ninth grade student with SCD identified, eight students without SCD were identified. Academic achievement was measured using rates of proficiency on end-of-course assessments. The number of days absent per sch

SUBMITTER: Heitzer AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461487 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature