TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Disabled Persons KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Infant, Newborn KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Sex Factors KW - Urban Health AU - Saha S P AU - Das K K AB -

In a retrospective study of 1,264 leprosy cases, registered during 1987-1992, 282 were found to have disabilities giving a disability rate (DR) 22.31% and 150 of them were also found to have deformities, giving a deformity rate 11.9%. Mean disability index (DI) was found to be 1.17. Disability rate (DR) significantly increased with age and the highest rate was 52.75% in lepromatous (L) cases, followed by 27.51% in borderline (N?L) and only 4.53% in nonlepromatous (N) cases. L cases had the highest deformity rate (22.25%) and N cases had the lowest DR (2.23%). DI was highest (1.46) in L, and lowest (0.52) in N cases. Males had significantly higher DR (27.2%) compared to females (13.0%). Deformity in hands (42.55%) was more common than in feet (22.70%). Increasing trend of DI was noticed with increasing duration of disease in L and N?L types. The number of nerves involved was high (4.72) in L cases compared to other types. DI was highest (1.25) in patients engaged in occupations involving hard work.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8283066?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1993 Jul-Sep IS - 3 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

In a retrospective study of 1,264 leprosy cases, registered during 1987-1992, 282 were found to have disabilities giving a disability rate (DR) 22.31% and 150 of them were also found to have deformities, giving a deformity rate 11.9%. Mean disability index (DI) was found to be 1.17. Disability rate (DR) significantly increased with age and the highest rate was 52.75% in lepromatous (L) cases, followed by 27.51% in borderline (N?L) and only 4.53% in nonlepromatous (N) cases. L cases had the highest deformity rate (22.25%) and N cases had the lowest DR (2.23%). DI was highest (1.46) in L, and lowest (0.52) in N cases. Males had significantly higher DR (27.2%) compared to females (13.0%). Deformity in hands (42.55%) was more common than in feet (22.70%). Increasing trend of DI was noticed with increasing duration of disease in L and N?L types. The number of nerves involved was high (4.72) in L cases compared to other types. DI was highest (1.25) in patients engaged in occupations involving hard work.

PY - 1993 SP - 305 EP - 14 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Disability pattern amongst leprosy cases in an urban area (Calcutta). VL - 65 SN - 0254-9395 ER -