Quality of life of patients with paucibacillary leprosy

Bottene, Iza Maria Corrêa; Reis, Vítor Manoel Silva dos

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“…Those with physical deformities and disabilities also presented a higher DLQI score . Another study evaluated only PB volunteers and found no effect of the disease on QoL when using the DLQI . MB and PB groups also did not differ when evaluating the total score of DLQI, although the MB group reported to have more interference of skin on routine (question 3) and on social and leisure activities (question 5).…”

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Comparison of quality of life evaluated by SF‐36 and DLQI in multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy patients from Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Background Dermatological diseases have a negative impact on quality of life (QoL), affecting mental and physical health. Leprosy patients usually present with a worse QoL compared with those affected by other conditions. Reactions, neural damage, and pain are some of the consequences that contribute to the lower QoL. However, due to the wide spectrum of the disease, symptoms vary according to leprosy's subtype. This study aimed to compare the QoL between paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy patients. Individuals were also compared considering the presence of reactions and a correlation between questionnaires was performed. Methods A total of 104 patients with leprosy aged 18 years old and over were selected. QoL was assessed by the Brazilian‐Portuguese validated versions of the Medical Outcomes Study 36‐item short‐form health survey (SF‐36) and the Dermatology Life Quality Life Index (DLQI). Results Multibacillary patients showed a more impaired physical function, worse bodily pain, lower score of SF‐36, and higher interference of skin on the performance of daily activities when compared to the paucibacillary group. Individuals without reactions presented lower bodily pain and less effect of the skin on clothing choices compared to those with reactions. The SF‐36 domains exhibited weak correlations with most DLQI questions, and the linear regression model showed that 32% of changes in QoL were related to the skin aspect. Conclusions Multibacillary leprosy patients have a worse QoL when compared to paucibacillary patients. Reactions played a small role in the QoL of our cohort of patients.

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Comparison of quality of life evaluated by SF‐36 and DLQI in multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy patients from Sao Paulo, Brazil

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“…28 Despite this negative scenario, there are few studies measuring the QoL of people with leprosy in Brazil, 7,29-31 all the more since some were limited to patients with leprosy reactional states 31 or paucibacillary type. 30 Lustosa et al 7 showed that suffering discrimination was associated with worse scores of QoL in the pain, general health, vitality, and role-emotional domains of the SF-36. Our study also shows consistent and significant QoL impairment in four domains-role-physical, general health, social functioning, and roleemotional-of the eight SF-36 domains, even after adjusting for confounding variables.…”

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Perception of social exclusion, neuropathy, and quality of life among Hansen’s disease patients

Borges-de-Oliveira

Rocha-Leite

Araújo-de-Freitas

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Int J Psychiatry Med

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“…However, the absence of validation did not prevent this instrument from being used in similar studies about other skin conditions. 7,10,34-36 …”

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Quality of life profile and correlated factors in chronic leg ulcer patients in the mid-west of São Paulo State, Brazil

Wachholz

Masuda

Nascimento

et al. 2014

An. Bras. Dermatol.

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BACKGROUNDChronic leg ulcer may have an impact on patients' quality of life. OBJECTIVESThis study aimed to identify the impact of leg ulcers on patient's quality of life using the Dermatology Life Quality Index and to define the main factors correlated with this perception. METHODCross-sectional, non-probabilistic sampling study. We included patients with chronic leg ulcers being treated for at least 3 months. A sociodemographic and clinical survey was conducted to assess the profile of the ulcers. We administered a screening for depressive symptoms and the Dermatology Life Quality Index. We performed a descriptive statistical analysis, chi-square test and Mann-Whitney test for categorical data, Pearson for numeric variables, and multiple regression for categorical data. RESULTSForty-one patients were assessed. Their mean age was 61.78 years. Venous ulcers (48.8%) were the most prevalent. Seventy-three percent of the sample perceived no impact/low impact on quality of life in the past week, and 26.8% perceived moderate/high impact. A multiple regression analysis identified the causes of lesion, pain related to the ulcers, time of onset, and severity of the depressive symptoms as the variables that had an influence on quality of life. CONCLUSIONSThe majority of the sample perceived low or no impact of the condition on the quality of the life. The variables etiology of the lesion (p<0.001), pain related to the ulcers (p=0.001), time of onset (p=0.006), and severity of the depressive symptoms (p<0.001) had an influence on the quality of life, suggesting the need for further studies with more robust designs to confirm the causal relationship between these characteristics and quality of life.

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Quality of life of patients with paucibacillary leprosy

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

Comparison of quality of life evaluated by SF‐36 and DLQI in multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy patients from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Comparison of quality of life evaluated by SF‐36 and DLQI in multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy patients from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Perception of social exclusion, neuropathy, and quality of life among Hansen’s disease patients

Quality of life profile and correlated factors in chronic leg ulcer patients in the mid-west of São Paulo State, Brazil

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