01898nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260002600042653002100068653001200089653001300101653001500114653001700129653001100146100001600157700001700173700001200190700001400202700001500216700001300231700001500244245010900259856006400368300001200432490000700444520113200451022002501583       2023                            d  bUniversitas Airlangga10aGeneral Medicine10aleprosy10aCovid-1910aPrevalence10aDisabilities10aMaluku1 aPangestu JF1 aManuputty AG1 aAsmin E1 aTanamal R1 aTitaley CR1 aTahitu R1 aBandjar FK00aDisability Level of Leprosy Patients in Ambon City, Maluku: A Retrospective Study from Eastern Indonesia  uhttps://e-journal.unair.ac.id/BIKK/article/view/43640/27029  a172-1760 v353 a<p><strong>Background:</strong> Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic endemic disease. The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the implementation of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) program such as the leprosy new case detection program. Leprosy is one of the chronic diseases that causes various problems due to the disability it causes.</p>

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To know the prevalence of leprosy and disability in 2018-2022 in Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia.</p>

<p><strong>Methods:</strong> This research is a type of retrospective descriptive research whose aim is to find out the&nbsp; epidemiology of leprosy patients in Ambon City, Maluku, Indonesia with a sample of were 131 people from 2018 to 2022.</p>

<p><strong>Result: </strong>The prevalence of disability levels 0 and 2 has the highest percentage in the 5-year span, occurring in 2019. However, during the COVID -19 pandemic, cases of level 1 disability tend to rise.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Leprosy patients who had disability were more common&nbsp; than those who had a disability.</p>
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