POST-DISCHARGE OF SUBJECTS WITH LEPROSY: PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND OVERLAPPING OF OTHER DISEASES

Authors

  • Érica Juliana Benício Araújo Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Olívia Dias de Araújo Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Priscilla Dantas Almeida Universidade Federal do Piauí http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-6335
  • Inara Viviane de Oliveira Sena Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Erica de Alencar Rodrigues Neri Universidade Federal do Piauí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i4.58080

Keywords:

Leprosy, Disabled people, Epidemiology, Chronic disease, Public health.

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the prevalence of physical disabilities in individuals affected by post-discharge leprosy and its relationship with chronic diseases.Method: The study population consisted of 603 new cases of leprosy reported between 2001 and 2014 in endemic municipalities in the state of Piauí. Data was collected through questionnaires and simplified neurological evaluation. Statistical analyzes were performed by frequency distribution, Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact test. Results.The prevalence of physical disability was 70.43%, and there was a significant association with the multibacillary clinical form, male gender, old age and low educational level (p <0.01).Conclusion:Overlapping of diseases was not a risk factor for the development of physical disabilities, but there was a higher frequency of diabetic and hypertensive subjects in the group with physical disabilities. It is necessary to plan health actions that are more suitable to the population, strengthening the longitudinality of care to chronic conditions.

Author Biographies

Érica Juliana Benício Araújo, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Enfermeira pela Universidade Federal do Piauí

Olívia Dias de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Doutora. Enfermeria. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Piauí

Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Doutora. Enfermeria. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Piauí

Priscilla Dantas Almeida, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Mestre em Saúde e Comunidade e Enfermeira pela Universidade Federal do Piauí

Inara Viviane de Oliveira Sena, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Mestre em Enfermagem. Enfermeira pela Universidade Federal do Piauí

Erica de Alencar Rodrigues Neri, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Piauí

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Published

2018-12-14

How to Cite

Araújo, Érica J. B., de Araújo, O. D., de Araújo, T. M. E., Almeida, P. D., Sena, I. V. de O., & Neri, E. de A. R. (2018). POST-DISCHARGE OF SUBJECTS WITH LEPROSY: PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND OVERLAPPING OF OTHER DISEASES. Cogitare Enfermagem, 23(4). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i4.58080

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2018)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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