TY - JOUR KW - leprosy KW - Nursing KW - Search for communicator KW - Anamnesis KW - Physical exam KW - Brazil AU - Goes FDS AU - Tavares CM AU - Silva JMO AU - Santos TS AU - Gomes NMC AU - Santos KS AB -

Objective: to evaluate the co-prevalence of leprosy in contacts between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Method: this is a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out from November 2014 to July 2015. The study population was composed of intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary contacts of people affected by leprosy who were in the age range of 5 to 15 years. The sample consisted of 73 contacts. Results: of the total of evaluated, 30 (41.0%) were intradomiciliary and 43 (59.0%), peridomiciliary. Among the contacts, 27 (37.0%) were considered dermatological symptomatic; Of these, 17 (23.3%) suspected leprosy patients had one to eight lesions, most of them hypochromic spots (82,3%). Conclusion: among the contacts examined in this study, aged between 5 and 15 years, the co-prevalence of leprosy was not diagnosed, but the number of contacts classified as suspects was high, which is worrisome from the epidemiological point of view.

BT - Revista baiana de enfermagem DO - 10.18471/rbe.v32.26100 J2 - Rev. baiana enferm. LA - por, eng N2 -

Objective: to evaluate the co-prevalence of leprosy in contacts between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Method: this is a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out from November 2014 to July 2015. The study population was composed of intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary contacts of people affected by leprosy who were in the age range of 5 to 15 years. The sample consisted of 73 contacts. Results: of the total of evaluated, 30 (41.0%) were intradomiciliary and 43 (59.0%), peridomiciliary. Among the contacts, 27 (37.0%) were considered dermatological symptomatic; Of these, 17 (23.3%) suspected leprosy patients had one to eight lesions, most of them hypochromic spots (82,3%). Conclusion: among the contacts examined in this study, aged between 5 and 15 years, the co-prevalence of leprosy was not diagnosed, but the number of contacts classified as suspects was high, which is worrisome from the epidemiological point of view.

PY - 2018 EP - e26100 T2 - Revista baiana de enfermagem TI - [Hanseniasis coprevalence in contacts with age between 5 and 15 years in the Northeast of Brazil]. TT - Coprevalência de hanseníase em contatos com idade entre 5 e 15 anos no nordeste brasileiro UR - https://rigs.ufba.br/index.php/enfermagem/article/download/26100/17045 VL - 32 ER -