Avaliação da qualidade de vida de pacientes em surto reacional de hanseníase tratados em centro de referência

Autor: Rosane Dias Costa, Ana Maria Duarte Dias Costa, Fábio de Souza Terra, Carlos Antunes, Marina Dias Costa, Sandra Lyon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia v.87 n.1 2012
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia
Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD)
instacron:SBD
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-35, Published: FEB 2012
Popis: BACKGROUND: Disabilities and deformities resulting from reactive outbreaks of leprosy can cause many problems for the patients, interfering with their quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of life of patients with leprosy reactional states identified at the Reference Center in Belo Horizonte - MG. METHODS: This was an epidemiological cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study, involving 120 patients in treatment for leprosy reactional states, from December 2007 to March 2008, held at the Dermatology outpatients clinic of the Hospital Eduardo de Menezes from FHEMIG, BH. We used two instruments for the socio-demographic, economic and clinical variables and a generic instrument WHOQOL WHO. The data were tabulated in SPSS and analyzed using the mean score with the application of statistical tests (p
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