01517nas a2200145   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001600056245009800072856010600170300001400276490000700290520106000297022001401357       2015                            d1 aLeite SCC1 aCaldeira AP00aTherapeutic workshops and psychosocial rehabilitation for institutionalised leprosy patients.  uhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232015000601835&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en  a1835-18420 v203 a<p>Leprosy is still a major public health problem and psychosocial rehabilitation services for patients suffering from the disease remain insufficient. This study aimed to assess the impact of therapeutic workshops on quality of life and symptoms of depression among institutionalised leprosy patients. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and generic World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used before and after the implementation of a series of therapeutic workshops over a period of six months. Sixty-two patients participated in the study. Almost all of the sample were elderly and had a low level of education. There was a significant reduction in the symptoms of depression scores after the intervention (p &lt; 0,001) and a positive impact was shown for the psychological (p = 0,001), physical (p = 0,03) and environment (p &lt; 0,001) domains, but not for the social relationships (p = 0,124) domain. Therapeutic workshops appear to a useful tool for psychosocial rehabilitation work with leprosy patients.</p>
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