TY - JOUR
KW - leprosy
KW - Communicable Disease Control
KW - Primary care nursing.
AU - Sousa GC
AU - Vieira FS
AU - Oliveira DÉP
AU - Costa ES
AU - Moura MES
AB - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>to characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of cases of multibacillary leprosy, diagnosed with physical disabilities. <strong>Methods: </strong>this is a cross-sectional and retrospective study. The sample consisted of 276 cases of diagnosed leprosy. <strong>Results:</strong> leprosy mainly affects males, of brown skin color, low education and with a mean age of 51.96 years old (standard deviation, SD=20.33 years old). The Virchowian and dimorphic clinical forms are mainly responsible for the transmission of the disease and the development of physical disabilities. Decreased or lost sensation in hands and feet, trophic ulcers and traumatic injuries, as well as clawed hands were the physical disabilities prevalent in the study. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>the cases with physical disabilities are predominantly affected by multibacillary clinical forms, and they can be inferred in the maintenance of the transmission chain and the late detection of severe forms of leprosy.</p>

BT - Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste
DO - 10.15253/2175-678310.15253/2175-6783.2017000110.15253/2175-6783.2017000100014
IS - 1
J2 - Rev Rene
N2 - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>to characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of cases of multibacillary leprosy, diagnosed with physical disabilities. <strong>Methods: </strong>this is a cross-sectional and retrospective study. The sample consisted of 276 cases of diagnosed leprosy. <strong>Results:</strong> leprosy mainly affects males, of brown skin color, low education and with a mean age of 51.96 years old (standard deviation, SD=20.33 years old). The Virchowian and dimorphic clinical forms are mainly responsible for the transmission of the disease and the development of physical disabilities. Decreased or lost sensation in hands and feet, trophic ulcers and traumatic injuries, as well as clawed hands were the physical disabilities prevalent in the study. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>the cases with physical disabilities are predominantly affected by multibacillary clinical forms, and they can be inferred in the maintenance of the transmission chain and the late detection of severe forms of leprosy.</p>

PY - 2017
T2 - Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste
TI - Clinical-epidemiological characterization of leprosy cases with physical disabilities
UR - http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/2543
VL - 18
ER -