TY - JOUR KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Quality of Life KW - Nerve Block KW - Middle Aged KW - Male KW - leprosy KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Adult AU - Reis F AU - Cunha AJL AU - Gosling AP AU - Fontana AP AU - Gomes MK AB -

Surgical nerve decompression in leprosy is indicated to prevent or treat nerve damage, and to improve sensory motor function and quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to describe QoL of leprosy patients after surgical nerve decompression. Participants who underwent neurolysis in the last 5 years were recruited. The assessment consisted of collecting demographic and clinical information, QoL and its domain scores. Descriptive statistical analysis of demographic and clinical data was presented. Included 33 patients (43 +/- 11.0 years) who had neurolysis with a total of 61 nerves operated. The results of WHOQOL-bref showed that overall QoL mean was 11.2 (+/- 3.63) and domains scored as follow: physical (11.0 +/- 3.56), environment (11.47 +/- 2.11), psychological (13.29 +/- 2.79) and social relations (15.03 +/- 3.66). Measures of QoL should become part of the standard battery of tools used to assess health and well-being and it may contribute to identifying patients' needs in rehabilitation.

BT - Leprosy review C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24171236?dopt=Abstract

IS - 2 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -

Surgical nerve decompression in leprosy is indicated to prevent or treat nerve damage, and to improve sensory motor function and quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to describe QoL of leprosy patients after surgical nerve decompression. Participants who underwent neurolysis in the last 5 years were recruited. The assessment consisted of collecting demographic and clinical information, QoL and its domain scores. Descriptive statistical analysis of demographic and clinical data was presented. Included 33 patients (43 +/- 11.0 years) who had neurolysis with a total of 61 nerves operated. The results of WHOQOL-bref showed that overall QoL mean was 11.2 (+/- 3.63) and domains scored as follow: physical (11.0 +/- 3.56), environment (11.47 +/- 2.11), psychological (13.29 +/- 2.79) and social relations (15.03 +/- 3.66). Measures of QoL should become part of the standard battery of tools used to assess health and well-being and it may contribute to identifying patients' needs in rehabilitation.

PY - 2013 SP - 119 EP - 23 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Quality of life and its domains in leprosy patients after neurolysis: a study using WHOQOL-BREF. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/84/2/11-9123 VL - 84 SN - 0305-7518 ER -