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, United States

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

3 Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Division of Hematology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States

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

12 Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States

13 Sickle Cell 101, San Jose, CA, United States

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

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  • Charles R Jonassaint, MHS, PhD
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