SELF-CARE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH LEPROSY: EVALUATING PRACTICES IN THE SECONDARY HEALTH CARE NETWORK
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.65339Keywords:
Nursing, Secondary Health Care, Health education, Mycobacterium leprae, Health Promotion.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate self-care practices for face, hands and feet of individuals with leprosy
treated in the secondary health care network.
Method: Quantitative, descriptive-exploratory, cross-sectional study carried out in a reference
hospital. Population of 127 people and sample with 74. Data collection performed using two
structured instruments and analyzed by the Spearman and chi-square tests.
Results: The self-care practices for the feet were better performed compared to the other
dimensions. There was a significant correlation in the practices for hands/feet and face/
hands. The associations were significant for operational classification/practices for feet, facial
impairment/practices for face and impairment of lower limbs/practices for feet.
Conclusion: The study is attentive to the proposed objective and concludes that self-care
practices need to be better known and applied, since their effectiveness is recognized in the
scientific community, as it is an evidence-based strategy.
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