01492nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653001200054653001100066653001600077100001600093700001400109700001300123700001400136700002300150700002400173245006900197856004900266300001200315490000700327520092800334       2013                            d10aNursing10aleprosy10aBrazil10aAdolescents1 aFernandes C1 aBeltrao B1 aChaves D1 aLeandro T1 aMartins da Silva V1 aDe Oliveira Lopes M00a[Assessment of the resilience level of adolescents with leprosy]  uhttp://www.facenf.uerj.br/v21n4/v21n4a13.pdf  a496-5010 v213 a<p>The aim of the study was to evaluate the resilience level from 19 adolescents between 10 and 15 years old with leprosy, assisted in a reference center in dermatology in the city of Fortaleza. Exploratory and descriptive study with quantitative approach, happened in 2010, in which used one questionnaire and three scales . From total adolescents, 14(73,7%) presented scores between 111 and 154 in the resilience scale from a maximum of 175. On the self-esteem scale, 16(84,2%) of teenagers presented from 23 to 30 scores from a maximum of 40. Most of the values of the social support network scale ranged between 55 and 100 from a maximum of 100 scores. The adolescents showed direct relationship between the resilience scale scores and the scored of the social support network and self-esteem scale. The results emphasize the importance of new nursing studies that assess the resilience level of specific groups .</p>