@article{31929,
  keywords = {leprosy, Epidemiology, Health Services, Public health, Risk Factors, Nursing},
  author = {Morais JR and Furtado ÉZL},
  title = {The level of physical inability of patients with leprosy},
  abstract = {<p><strong><em>Objective:</em></strong><strong> </strong>to evaluate the level of physical inability of patients with leprosy. <strong><em>Method:</em></strong><strong> </strong>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<sup>®</sup> SPSS<sup>®</sup>, version 21.0.<strong> </strong><strong><em>Results:</em></strong> 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. <strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> it underlines the importance of assessing the level of physical inability at the time of diagnosis of leprosy and the guidelines for self-care.</p>
},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Journal of nursing UFPE on line},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {1625-32},
  url = {https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/231049/29244},
  language = {eng, por},
}