The effect of self-care learning by leprosy patients in prevention of disabilities was studied by adapting two strategies in two subcentres of a project in South India, one through patient education by trained field staff and the other through community education involving trained animators and health committees. One of the subcentres was taken as control where neither of the strategies was employed. In terms of results, though both the strategies were found to be effective in containing occurrence of new deformities among high risk patients and healing of trophic ulcers in hands and feet, strategy I i.e. self-care education of patients by concerned field personnel without prejudice to their routine work is recommended because of ease in diffusion of strategy.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8849920?dopt=Abstract CN - ETHIRAJ1995 DA - 1995 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -The effect of self-care learning by leprosy patients in prevention of disabilities was studied by adapting two strategies in two subcentres of a project in South India, one through patient education by trained field staff and the other through community education involving trained animators and health committees. One of the subcentres was taken as control where neither of the strategies was employed. In terms of results, though both the strategies were found to be effective in containing occurrence of new deformities among high risk patients and healing of trophic ulcers in hands and feet, strategy I i.e. self-care education of patients by concerned field personnel without prejudice to their routine work is recommended because of ease in diffusion of strategy.
PY - 1995 SP - 435 EP - 45 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - A study on the effect of patient and community education in prevention of disability programme. VL - 67 SN - 0254-9395 ER -