Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29014, first published .
Comparing the Effectiveness of Education Versus Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Real-time Pain Management Intervention for Sickle Cell via Mobile Applications (CaRISMA) Study

Comparing the Effectiveness of Education Versus Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Real-time Pain Management Intervention for Sickle Cell via Mobile Applications (CaRISMA) Study

Comparing the Effectiveness of Education Versus Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Real-time Pain Management Intervention for Sickle Cell via Mobile Applications (CaRISMA) Study

Sherif M Badawy 1, 2 , MD, MS ;   Kaleab Z Abebe 3 , PhD ;   Charlotte A Reichman 3 , MA ;   Grace Checo 3 , BA ;   Megan E Hamm 3 , PhD ;   Jennifer Stinson 4 , PhD, CPNP, RN-EC ;   Chitra Lalloo 5, 6 , BHSc, PhD ;   Patrick Carroll 7 , MD ;   Santosh L Saraf 8 , MD ;   Victor R Gordeuk 8 , MD ;   Payal Desai 9 , MD ;   Nirmish Shah 10, 11 , MD ;   Darla Liles 12 , MD ;   Cassandra Trimnell 13 , BA ;   Charles R Jonassaint 3, 14 , MHS, PhD

1 Department of Pediatrics , Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago , IL , US

2 Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell , Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago , Chicago , IL , US

3 Department of Medicine , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , PA , US

4 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children , Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , CA

5 Child Health Evaluation Sciences , Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto , ON , CA

6 Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation , University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , CA

7 Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for Adults , Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , Baltimore , MD , US

8 Sickle Cell Center, Department of Medicine , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , US

9 Ohio State Adult Sickle Cell Program , Division of Hematology , Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , US

10 Division of Hematology , Duke University School of Medicine , Durham , NC , US

11 Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology , Duke University School of Medicine , Durham , NC , US

12 Department of Internal Medicine , East Carolina University , Greenville , NC , US

13 Sickle Cell 101 , San Jose , CA , US

14 Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , PA , US

Corresponding Author:

  • Charles R Jonassaint, MHS, PhD
  • Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health
  • University of Pittsburgh
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