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- Title
THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL INABILITY OF PATIENTS WITH LEPROSY.
- Authors
Ribeiro Morais, Jaylinne; Lustosa Furtado, Érida Zoé
- Abstract
Objective: to evaluate the level of physical inability of patients with leprosy. Method: a quantitative, cross-sectional, retrospective study with 73 patients diagnosed with leprosy. For the data collection, there was used pre-structured questionnaire tool containing sociodemographic and epidemiological data extracted from the connectors of the SINAN research and electronic medical records. The data were analyzed using the IBM® SPSS®, version 21.0. Results: it was found that the male patients with low schooling, dimorphous clinical form, Virchowian and neural pure, operational classification multibacillary leprosy and the presence of one or more nerves affected had a greater chance of presenting some level of physical inability. Conclusion: it underlines the importance of assessing the level of physical inability at the time of diagnosis of leprosy and the guidelines for self-care.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HANSEN'S disease diagnosis; ACADEMIC medical centers; COMMUNITY health services; FUNCTIONAL assessment; HANSEN'S disease; LIFE skills; PUBLIC health surveillance; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 6, p1625
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/1981-8963-v12i6a231049p1625-1632-2018