Autopercepção de pessoas acometidas pela hanseníase sobre sua saúde bucal e necessidade de tratamento

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Janaína Rocha de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Alencar, Carlos Henrique, Barbosa, Jaqueline Caracas, Dias, Aldo Angelim, Almeida, Maria Eneide Leitão de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/6740
• topic: Hanseníase; Saúde Bucal

Leprosy is an infectious disease that has an impact from a physical, social and psychological standpoint. The scope of this study was to assess the self-perception on oral health and need for treatment in leprosy patients in the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil. This is a crosssectional and descriptive study, where 100 leprosy patients were given a semi-structured questionnaire to fill out. The results of the bivariate analysis between need for treatment and socioeconomic characteristics showed that only education revealed a statistical association (p=0.000). An association was verified between the classification of oral health and self-perception of need for treatment (p=0.05). With respect to the selfperception of oral health, 36% of the researched subjects classified their oral health as good. The self-perception of leprosy patients regarding their oral health and need for treatment, together with a clinical evaluation, should serve as a guide for the drafting of public policies that aim to foment more effective dental treatment for these patients.