Factors associated with the development of physical disabilities in Hansen’s disease

• Autor(a) principal: Santana, Emanuelle Malzac Freire de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Brito, Karen Krystine Gonçalves de, Antas, Ester Missias Vilaverde, Nogueira, Jordana de Almeida, Leadebal, Oriana Deyze Correia Paiva, Silva, Mirian Alves da, Costa, Marta Miriam Lopes, Soares, Maria Júlia Guimarães Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/148077
• topic: Hansen’s disease; Risk factors; Prevention and control; Secondary care

Hansen’s disease is probably the human disease that causes more damage. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the occurrence of the association of grade 1 and 2 physical disabilities in Hansen’s disease, as well as implications of joint analysis and strength of association with independent demographic and clinical variables. This is a quantitative, descriptive, retrospective, population-based and documentary study developed from 2009 to 2014 in a Hansen’s disease reference center in Joao Pessoa, PB. It involved 414 medical records, the diagnosis and discharge data on socio-demographic, clinical and simplified neurological evaluation variables. Data were analyzed using descriptive (absolute frequency and percentage) and inferential (Chi-Square and Prevalence Ratio (PR) statistics techniques. Both in the diagnosis and discharge, low education level, multibacillary classification and presence of affected nerves were statistically associated to the development of disabilities (p