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STARBRIGHT World: A Pilot Study of a Home-Based Sickle Cell Psychoeducational Intervention
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2006
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Health PsychologyMental HealthDigital InterventionMental Health InterventionChild Mental HealthPilot StudyFamily HealthYouth Behavioral HealthHealth CommunicationPublic HealthHealth Services ResearchHealth EducationPsychiatryMedicineCaregiverHealth PromotionCognitive Behavioral InterventionChild DevelopmentStarbright WorldChild HealthPediatricsSickle Cell DiseasePsychopathology
Abstract This pilot study evaluated the impact of STARBRIGHT World (SBW), a computerbased psychoeducational intervention, on youth with sickle cell disease. Thirtyseven African American caregiver-child dyads completed verbally administered pre- and postintervention questionnaires; half of the families were randomly assigned to use SBW at home for 6 weeks. Mixed analyses of variance assessed changes in depression, quality of life, parent-child relationship quality, and healthpromoting activities and disease knowledge. At postassessment, caregivers in the intervention group reported significantly greater improvements in the parent-child relationship than wait-list caregivers, and there was a trend toward greater decreases in child depression in the intervention group.