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Ethiop J Health Sci ; 25(4): 313-20, 2015 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26949295

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BACKGROUND: Delay in leprosy diagnosis and treatment causes disabilities due to nerve damage, immunological reactions and bacillary infiltration. Leprosy disability leads not only to physical dysfunction and activity limitation but also disrupts social interaction of affected individuals by creating stigma and discrimination. This study was aimed at assessing leprosy disability status in patients registered at All African TB and Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Centre. METHODS: Medical records of leprosy patients registered from September 11, 2010 to September 10, 2013 G.C were reviewed. Prevalence of disability calculated, bivariate and multiple logistic regressions were used to determine crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of disability was found to be 65.9% from all categories of patients (40.2% Grade I and 25.7% Grade II). The Prevalence among the new category was 62.8% (39.1% Grade 1 and 23.7% Grade 2). Those ageed above 30 years, with duration of symptoms 6-12 months and above 24 months, with sensory loss, nerve damage and reversal reaction were more likely to develop disability. CONCLUSION: In this study the prevalence of disability, both Grade I and II, is very high. Disability was associated with age, duration of symptom, sensory loss, signs of nerve damage and reversal reaction. These risk factors indicate the existence of delay in diagnosis and treatment of leprosy cases. Therefore, the national leprosy control program should investigate leprosy case detection and diagnosis system in the country and work on improving early case detection and prevention of disability.


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Avaliação da Deficiência , Pessoas com Deficiência , Hanseníase/complicações , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/etiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Diagnóstico Tardio , Etiópia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário , Hanseníase/diagnóstico , Hanseníase/fisiopatologia , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Sistema Nervoso/fisiopatologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/epidemiologia , Razão de Chances , Prevalência , Centros de Reabilitação , Fatores de Risco , Transtornos de Sensação/epidemiologia , Transtornos de Sensação/etiologia , Adulto Jovem
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