@article{18560,
  keywords = {Adult, Africa, Northern, Aged, Disabled Persons, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged},
  author = {Tiendrebéogo A and Toure I and Zerbo P J},
  title = {A survey of leprosy impairments and disabilities among patients treated by MDT in Burkina Faso.},
  abstract = {<p>Since 1990, Burkina Faso, a West African country, has carried out a national leprosy control program treating with WHO/MDT nearly 12,000 patients between 1990 and 1994. A sample survey of 600 cases among these patients showed that 29.8% were disabled cases. There was a predominance of males, older patients, the multibacillary form of leprosy, and former cases treated with dapsone before MDT. The actual rate increased 8.5% compared to the frequency of disabilities at detection (21.3%). The need for disability care was estimated, respectively, at 24.4% and 5% for primary and secondary grades of disability. These important needs were so great that the authors recommend the planning and initiation of a physical rehabilitation and disability prevention program in this country.</p>
},
  year = {1996},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {64},
  pages = {15-25},
  month = {1996 Mar},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  url = {http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v64n1a03.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}