01634nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260003800042100001500080700002100095700001500116700001300131700001400144700001200158700001300170700001100183700001400194245010300208856006200311300001300373490000600386520098600392022001401378       2020                            d  bResearch, Society and Development1 aFaçanha A1 ada Conceição H1 aOliveira M1 aBorges L1 aPereira B1 aMoura L1 aChaves T1 aLima D1 aCâmara J00aAnálise das incapacidades físicas por hanseníase em uma cidade do interior do Maranhão, Brasil  uhttps://rsd.unifei.edu.br/index.php/rsd/article/view/2055  a759220550 v93 a<jats:p>Objective: To analyze the degree of incapacity in leprosy patients assisted between the years of 2012 and 2016. Method: Epidemiological and documentary study, based on cases reported by Sinan de Caxias - MA, from 2012 to 2016. all cases of leprosy reported during the period, totaling 372 patients. For the data analysis, absolute and percentage distributions were obtained. Epi Info software (version 3.7 for Windows) was used. Results: Leprosy mainly affects individuals of brown color, male and with a median age of 50 years. There is a predominance of degree 0 of physical disability, of the dimorphic and virchowian clinical form, indicating the late detection of the disease. Conclusion: The cases with physical disabilities mainly affect patients with positive bacilloscopy and multibacillary clinical forms, considered as the main source of infection of the disease, maintenance of the transmission chain and contributing to the appearance of disabilities.</jats:p>  a2525-3409