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- Title
PROFILE OF PATIENTS WHO COMPLETED MULTIDRUG THERAPY TREATMENT FOR LEPROSY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
- Authors
Costa Pinheiro, Mônica Gisele; Simpson, Clélia Albino; Parreira Mendes, Felismina Rosa; Nunes de Miranda, Francisco Arnoldo
- Abstract
Introduction: leprosy is an infectious and contagious disease that persists as a public health problem in Brazil. Objective: to describe the sociodemographic, treatment and clinical profile of patients who completed polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy. Method: cross-sectional study developed from November 2017 to February 2018 in the city of Natal. The target population consisted of 113 individuals registered in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, and the sample consisted of 90, who were reported for leprosy and completed the multidrug therapy, selected by drawing lots. Data were collected using a form, tabulated and analyzed using SPSS 21. In the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, non-normal distribution of the findings was found, and thus non- parametric tests were used, namely, Pearson's chi-square (or exact Fisher test) and the Mann-Whitney test. Results: there was a predominance of female individuals, up to 59 years old, with low income, low level of education, treated in reference centers and cases classified as paucibacillary. Conclusion: the conditions of vulnerability associated with the predominance of cases treated in reference centers reinforce the need to organize primary care in order to monitor leprosy cases.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DRUG therapy for Hansen's disease; LEPROSTATIC agents; DISEASE progression; COMBINATION drug therapy; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; HEALTH status indicators; TREATMENT effectiveness; SOCIOECONOMIC factors
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2021, Vol 20, p1
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v20i0.58386