PERFIL DE PERSONAS CON Y SIN COMORBILIDADES ACOMETIDAS POR REACCIONES DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE HANSEN

• Autor(a) principal: Medeiros, Ana Paula Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Queiroz, Tatiane Aparecida, Carvalho, Francisca Patrícia Barreto, Simpson, Clélia Albino, Miranda, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes, Maia, Eulália Maria Chaves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/40531
• topic: Enfermedad de Hansen; Mycobacterium leprae; Enfermedades transmisibles; Enfermedades negligenciadas.; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Communicable diseases; Neglected diseases.; Ciências da Saúde; Saúde Pública; Saúde Coletiva; Epidemiologia; Doenças Negligenciadas; Enfermagem; Psicologia; Hanseníase.; Hanseníase; Mycobacterium leprae; Doenças transmissíveis; Doenças negligenciadas.

This study aimed to identify clinical andepidemiological characteristics in patients with and withoutcomorbidities from leprosy and leprosy reactions. It isquantitative, descriptive and correlational research, undertakenthrough 65 interviews in a specialized center in Rio Grande doNorte, Brazil, with data collected between October 2013 andMarch 2014. The men represented most of the group withoutcomorbidities, while women and older adults represented thegroup with comorbidities. High frequencies in the two groupspoint to the Lepromatous form as the most common, andto some degree of disability. There was positive correlationbetween number of other drugs versus other comorbiditiesand negative correlation between number of people wholive with the interviewee versus the number of comorbiditieswhich the interviewee has. Late diagnosis was evidenced dueto high frequencies of disabilities, as well as groups at risk forleprosy reactions and comorbidities, made up of women, olderadults, people with low educational level, people who did notwork and those who used a higher number of medications.