This study analyzed the quality of life of individuals with leprosy and compared quality of life indexes of patients in two different socioeconomic scenarios. The study was conducted at the leprosy clinic of the ABC School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil and during visits to the populations living along the Purus River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate the patients. Quality of life was found to be impaired in 76.9% of the patients evaluated in the Amazon compared to 19% of the patients in Santo André. In the group of patients in the Amazon who had sequelae of the disease, quality of life was impaired.
BT - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21308328?dopt=Abstract CN - PROTO 2010 DA - 2010 Nov-Dec DO - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00662.x IS - 6 J2 - An Bras Dermatol LA - eng N2 -This study analyzed the quality of life of individuals with leprosy and compared quality of life indexes of patients in two different socioeconomic scenarios. The study was conducted at the leprosy clinic of the ABC School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil and during visits to the populations living along the Purus River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate the patients. Quality of life was found to be impaired in 76.9% of the patients evaluated in the Amazon compared to 19% of the patients in Santo André. In the group of patients in the Amazon who had sequelae of the disease, quality of life was impaired.
PY - 2010 SP - 939 EP - 41 T2 - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia TI - Quality of life in leprosy: a comparative analysis between patients in the Amazon region and patients in Santo André in the ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil. TT - Qualidade de vida em hanseníase: análise comparativa entre pacientes da região Amazônica com pacientes da região do ABC UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v85n6/en_v85n6a30.pdf VL - 85 SN - 1806-4841 ER -