02509nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260004900042653003100091653001100122653002600133653002100159653001100180653001900191653001100210653001200221653000900233653001900242653001300261653002000274653003000294653003100324653003000355100001600385700001400401700001800415700001400433700001600447700001600463245009300479856005000572300001000622490000700632520147000639022001402109       2011                            d  c2011 SepbLEPRA Health in ActionaColchester10aActivities of Daily Living10aBrazil10aDisability Evaluation10aDisabled Persons10aFemale10aHealth Surveys10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMotor Activity10aPatients10aQuality of Life10aSeverity of Illness Index10aSurveys and Questionnaires10aWorld Health Organization1 aDo Prado GD1 aPrado RBR1 aMarciano LHSC1 aNardi SMT1 aCordeiro JA1 aMonteiro HL00aWHO disability grade does not influence physical activity in Brazilian leprosy patients.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/82/3/01-456  a270-80 v823 a<p>Disability caused by leprosy may be associated with stigma. The aim of this work is to describe the degree of disability, quality of life and level of physical activity of individuals with leprosy and to identify possible correlations between these factors. Ninety-seven patients from two referral centres were studied. A complete medical history was taken and the World Health Organization degree of physical disability classification (WHO-DG), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short-form health Survey (SF36) were applied. The mean age of patients was 51 +/- 14.9 years old; participants were predominantly men, married, unemployed, had concluded treatment and had had lepromatous leprosy. The WHO-DG and the level of physical activity (P-value = 0.36) were not correlated. The WHO-DG showed that 72.2% of patients had disabilities, 37.1% of whom performed vigorous physical activities. No significant association was observed between the WHO-DG and the domains of the QoL SF-36 except for functional capacity (P-value = 0.02); the physical capacity is generally 'very good' when individuals have no disabilities and 'bad' with severe disabilities. In conclusion, the WHO-DG of leprosy patients does not affect the level of physica activities or quality of life except functional capacity. There is no significan association between physical activities and quality of life in these individuals.</p>  a0305-7518