Evaluation of household self-care pratice in leprosy

• Autor(a) principal: Galan, Noêmi Garcia de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Beluci, Marli Luiz, Marciano, Lucia Helena Soares Camargo, Ruiz, Renata Bilion Prado, Oliveira, Nagila Garcia Galan de, Bonini, Ariane Gasparotto, Arakaki, Fabio Ribeiro, Guimarães, Gisele da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hansenologia Internationalis (Online)
• DOI: 10.47878/hi.2016.v41.34979
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/34979
• topic: Hanseníase; Autocuidado; Educação em Saúde; Leprosy; Self Care; Health Education

This study aimed to determine whether individuals affected by leprosy properly performed selfcarepractice and possible interfering factors. It is a documentary, observational and descriptive study of household survey.The sample covered all the eleven patients during one year, of a municipality with120.000 inhabitants in SP state. Clinical data and prescription care records were obtained from the medical forms. The interview and observation of self-care practices were held at home.The participantswere asked to identify the problems resulting from the disease, describing which, how and when theydid the necessary self-care, being classified as: held properly, partially or not performed. The study was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research (Nº 06/2007). Of the five who presented level 2 disabilities, three partially performed; two did not perform self-care. They demonstrated difficulties in accepting the physical commitment and incorporate the daily practices for multiple causes factors, sodid those with level 1. The need for maintaining labor work, with full-time exposure to physical trauma, can lead to concealment of disease, either for themselves or for society, and hinder self-careactions, either by lack of time as for not accepting the disease.The paternalistic model, fragmenting andmechanical of health care, suggests a tendency by leading to rely on institutional services, deconstructing the autonomy and individual responsibility for their health status, discouraging selfcareactions at home.