Negative Descriptors of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the Electronic Health Record

Key Points

• To examine the prevalence of negative descriptors in electronic health records for patients with sickle cell disease compared to other groups.
• Cross-sectional study design
• Included 18,326 patients
• Compared descriptors among patients with sickle cell disease, Black patients without sickle cell disease, chronic pain patients, and those with opioid use disorder.
• Patients with sickle cell disease had more negative descriptors than Black patients without sickle cell disease.
• Negative descriptors in sickle cell disease patients were similar to those found in patients with opioid use disorder.
• Compared to chronic pain patients, sickle cell disease patients were notably more negatively described.

Abstract