@article{95274,
  keywords = {Quality of Life, Activity limitation},
  author = {Faisal A and Muslimin M and Widodo S YLA and Yuniati R},
  title = {Quality of Life in Leprosy Patient with Neuropathic Pain in Donorojo Hospital},
  abstract = {Background Leprosy disease in the community is usually mistaken as a cursed disease. Leprosy disease is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Quality of life in leprosy patients with neuropathic pain in every region is varied.Objective To determine the quality of life in leprosy patients with neuropathic pain by using the SALSA Scale and VAS.Methods The research used Analytic observational with a cross-sectional design and an interview technic. 37 subjects had leprosy with neuropathic pain at Donorojo Hospital. These subjects age from 19 until 59 and had neuropathic pain caused by leprosy disease. Results SALSA score explains that 62.2% of the research subject has limitation activity and has a correlation with leprosy disease with p 0.012. There is no correlation between VAS score and leprosy disease with p 0.034. SALSA score and VAS score in this research explain there is no correlation with p 0.458. The number of other medical conditions with limitation activity has a correlation score of 0.870 which has a very good correlation power. The number of used tools with limitation activity has a correlation score of 0.716 which has a good correlation power.Conclusions There is activity limitation in leprosy patients with neuropathic pain at Donorojo Hospital Jepara District. The other aspect that affect activity limitation is the number of other medical conditions. Multibacillary type has heavier limitation than a Paucibacillary type. },
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {78-84},
  url = {http://scholar.google.nl/scholar_url?url=http://www.jpad.com.pk/index.php/jpad/article/download/1465/1523&hl=nl&sa=X&d=15931940646432394437&ei=S4pGYKT8OI-UywSVi5PYDA&scisig=AAGBfm0ZB5sJy6xof4p1eJ23WVfZhAyuAA&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt&hist=732gnZIAAAAJ:250456},
  language = {eng},
}