01548nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653001600069653000900085653001100094653001200105653001600117653002300133100001300156700001400169245008900183300001100272490000700283050003200290520097000322022001401292       1992                            d  c1992 Oct-Dec10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aHumans10aleprosy10aMiddle Aged10aPatient Compliance1 aKannan N1 aSivaram M00aVariables influencing regularity of leprosy patients in attending treatment clinics.  a505-110 v64  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Regularity in attending clinics as well as taking drugs assume a very significant place in leprosy control programme since irregularity of leprosy patients can lead to poor disease control, drug resistant disease, and development of physical deformities and disabilities thus leading to programme failure. Further, these complications also create socio-economic and psychological problems to the victims as well as their families in myriad ways. This paper reports a study aimed at identifying the variables, among a set of 29 selected demographic, socio-economic and disease-related variables, having significant association with regularity of leprosy patients in attending treatment clinics. It was found that age of the patients, type of family, duration of the disease, time lag between diagnosis of the disease and starting treatment and knowledge of patients and their families about the disease were significantly associated with treatment regularity.</p>  a0254-9395