01482nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653001100070653001200081653002000093653002600113653003100139100001300170700002200183700001600205700001500221700001700236245016300253856005500416300001100471490000700482050001500489520068600504022001401190       2010                            d  c2010 Nov-Dec10aBrazil10aHumans10aleprosy10aQuality of Life10aSocioeconomic Factors10aSurveys and Questionnaires1 aProto RS1 aMachado Filho CDS1 aRehder JRCL1 aPaixão MP1 aAngelucci RI00aQuality of life in leprosy: a comparative analysis between patients in the Amazon region and patients in Santo André in the ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil.  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v85n6/en_v85n6a30.pdf  a939-410 v85  aPROTO 20103 a<p>This study analyzed the quality of life of individuals with leprosy and compared quality of life indexes of patients in two different socioeconomic scenarios. The study was conducted at the leprosy clinic of the ABC School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil and during visits to the populations living along the Purus River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate the patients. Quality of life was found to be impaired in 76.9% of the patients evaluated in the Amazon compared to 19% of the patients in Santo André. In the group of patients in the Amazon who had sequelae of the disease, quality of life was impaired.</p>  a1806-4841