01624nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653002500080653001100105653001000116653002100126653002600147653000800173653001100181653000900192653000900201653001100210653001400221653001100235653001200246653000900258653001600267653002600283100001700309700001300326700001600339245010000355300000900455490000700464520076500471022001401236       1987                            d  c1987 Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAnalysis of Variance10aBrazil10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aDisability Evaluation10aEye10aFemale10aFoot10aHand10aHumans10aIncidence10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aRetrospective Studies1 aTrindade M A1 aLima F D1 aAlmeida R G00a[Physical disabilities in Hansen's disease at the time of diagnosis. I. Disability evaluation].  a21-80 v123 a<p>The evaluation of the physical disabilities at the moment of the hanseniasis diagnosis was carried out through the clinical and epidemiological forms of the 8,915 cases recorded in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1981 to 1983. The records of the physical disabilities were studied by three different methods: the disabilities at their highest grade, the disabilities' grade index achieved from the arithmetic mean of the added values of the different disability grades, and the absolute disabilities frequency. The study suggested that the maximum grade was the best evaluation method of the physical disabilities at the moment of the diagnosis, being an important indicator for the evaluation of prevention efforts and of the hanseniasis control.</p>  a0100-3283