TY - ECHAP AU - de Souza BWL AU - dos Santos ECF AU - Ferreira ELA AU - de Almeida KIB AB - Objective: To analyze and understand the risk factors for leprosy from the abandonment of its treatment. Method: This is a bibliographic review, with a qualitative and exploratory approach. To survey the studies, a source made available by consulting the database of the Virtual Health Library with the descriptors “Hansen’s disease”, “treatment”, “Risk factor” and “Adherence to treatment” was used. Results and discussion: The factors that contributed to treatment abandonment were: lack of family monitoring with the user, lack of information on the part of the health team, prejudice, adverse reactions with medications. Conclusion: We conclude the need for health teams to work together with users, so that there is an effective treatment. BT - Medicina : impactos científicos e sociais e orientação a problemas nas diversas áreas de saúde LA - por N2 - Objective: To analyze and understand the risk factors for leprosy from the abandonment of its treatment. Method: This is a bibliographic review, with a qualitative and exploratory approach. To survey the studies, a source made available by consulting the database of the Virtual Health Library with the descriptors “Hansen’s disease”, “treatment”, “Risk factor” and “Adherence to treatment” was used. Results and discussion: The factors that contributed to treatment abandonment were: lack of family monitoring with the user, lack of information on the part of the health team, prejudice, adverse reactions with medications. Conclusion: We conclude the need for health teams to work together with users, so that there is an effective treatment. PB - Atena Editora PY - 2020 SE - 11 T2 - Medicina : impactos científicos e sociais e orientação a problemas nas diversas áreas de saúde TI - RISK AND ABANDONMENT FACTORS RELATED TO LEPROSY UR - https://www.finersistemas.com/atenaeditora/index.php/admin/api/artigoPDF/38344 ER -