Proposta de avaliação e intervenção através da prevenção de incapacidade em pacientes com hanseníase

Rodini, Fernanda Carvalho Batista

doi:10.11606/d.17.2010.tde-23032010-100025

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“…1 Considered a public health problem by the World Health Organization (who), especially when it comes to countries whose disease prevalence rates exceed 1 case every 10.000 inhabitants as in Brazil, 2 WHO has invested to decrease its incidence through educational, preventive measures and treatment, but Brazil still has an average of 47.000 new cases of leprosy per year in particular in the North, Northeast and Midwest, being ranked as the second country with the highest number of cases, accompanied by India in the first place. 3 According to data from the Information System of the SUS, in the year 2012 38.210 new cases were confirmed in Brazil leprosy, notified in the information system and reportable diseases-Sinan Net.…”

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Caracterização da qualidade de vida de pessoas com hanseníase em tratamento ambulatorial Characteristics of people of quality of life with leprosy in outpatient treatment

Araújo

Brito

Santana

et al. 2016

R. pesq. cuid. fundam. online

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Exploratory-descriptive quantitative study with 59 subjects. To obtain the socioeconomic and clinical data of individuals used the questionnaire, and for the quality of life, the Short Medical Outcomes Study 36 -Item Short-Form Health Survey SF-36. Data analysis was adopted IBM SPSS statistical software. Results: 78% multibacillary; males 54.3%; mean age 45.9 years; economically active 67%. The SF-36 shows average scores calculated values up to score 50, but the physical and emotional aspects (score <50) Age was correlated to the areas of functional capacity and physical aspects, while sex was associated with mental health. Conclusion: The investigated population has adequate quality of life, though, it is observed that this is affected by the disease. Descriptors

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