TY - JOUR
KW - leprosy
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Health Services
KW - Public health
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Nursing
AU - Morais JR
AU - Furtado ÉZL
AB - <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>

BT - Journal of nursing UFPE on line
IS - 6
LA - eng, por
N2 - <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>

PY - 2018
SP - 1625
EP - 32
T2 - Journal of nursing UFPE on line
TI - The level of physical inability of patients with leprosy
UR - https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/231049/29244
VL - 12
ER -