01395nas a2200301 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653002800084653000900112653001100121653001100132653001200143653000900155653001600164653002600180653001900206653002600225100003300251700001300284700001900297245010200316300001000418490000700428520064400435022001401079 1990 d c1990 Jan-Apr10aAdolescent10aAdult10aCross-Sectional Studies10aCuba10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPersonality Inventory10aPilot Projects10aSocioeconomic Factors1 aRojas y López del Rincón V1 aGarcia S1 aMijail Díaz J00a[Various psychosocial and epidemiologic characteristics of leprosy in the Artemisa municipality]. a53-680 v423 a

Psychosocial and hygienico-epidemiologic characteristics of prevalence of leprosy in Artemisa Municipality, Havana Province, were studied and compared with a control group. In relation to psychical stability, they are normal individuals. The general personal profile shows a personality structure disposed to neuroticism. The hygienic conditions are good. The majority of patients does not feel marginated and they have been incorporated to social and labor life. There are not mutilating incapacities in these patients. All needed of rehabilitation have it. The patients, in this municipality, know the main aspects of the disease.

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