Out of the 1724 new cases registered between 1985 to 1992, 1169 could be contacted. The overall incidence of disabilities was 6.8%. Age above 45 years, bacteriopositivity and thickening of three or more trunk nerves were associated with a higher risk of disabilities. Staff training, patient education and steroid availability in the field were the suggested methods of reducing the occurrence of disabilities in leprosy patients.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10992862?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1998 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Out of the 1724 new cases registered between 1985 to 1992, 1169 could be contacted. The overall incidence of disabilities was 6.8%. Age above 45 years, bacteriopositivity and thickening of three or more trunk nerves were associated with a higher risk of disabilities. Staff training, patient education and steroid availability in the field were the suggested methods of reducing the occurrence of disabilities in leprosy patients.
PY - 1998 SP - 11S EP - 16S T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Incidence of disabilities among multi-bacillary cases after initiation of multidrug therapy and factors associated with the risk of developing disabilities. VL - 70 Suppl SN - 0254-9395 ER -