Physical disabilities resulting from hansen's disease in Vale do Jequitinhonha/State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Francisco Carlos Félix Lana¹  Evaldo Pinheiro Amaral¹  Fernanda Moura Lanza¹  Andrigo Neves E Silva Lopes De Saldanha¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,Brazil

关键词: leprosy;    epidemiology;    statistics on sequelae and disability;    lepra;    epidemiologia;    estadísticas de secuelas y discapacidad;    hanseníase;    epidemiologia;    estatísticas de seqüelas e incapacidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692008000600009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Leprosy is potentially debilitating. The present study aims at describing and assessing the occurrence of physical disabilities in cases of leprosy in the population of the Vale do Jequitinhonha/MG, in the period 1998-2006. It is an epidemiological descriptive study and the data were collected from the Leprosy Notification Forms. This information was processed using EPI-INFO and analyzed, based on the indicators recommended by the Ministry of Health and the force of association between variables. Of the 1461 cases notified, 46.2% were diagnosed with some kind of physical disability (12.1% degree II). Of these, 59.1% were male; 96.9% of the people were over 15 years old, and 93.2% were multibacillary (p < 0.001). A hidden prevalence of 433 cases was estimated in the period 2002-2006. The results show that the diagnosis of Hansen's disease in the region is late, revealing the need to intensify prevention and control.

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