Impaired quality of life of people affected by leprosy with physical disabilities
International Journal of Development Research
Impaired quality of life of people affected by leprosy with physical disabilities
Received 08th September, 2019; Received in revised form; 11th October, 2019; Accepted 21st November, 2019; Published online 30th December, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Stephanie Steremberg Pires D’Azevedo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to analyze the quality of life of people affected by leprosy with physical disabilities participating in self-care support groups. Methods: descriptive study, conducted with participants from self-care support groups in leprosy (n=27), in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Structured instruments were used, containing sociodemographic, economic and clinical information, as well as scales for the evaluation of quality of life. Results: when approached about the impact of the limitations in their life, 89.5% of the people realized that they have a negative effect on their quality of life. All areas seem to suffer impairment, with increasing magnitude considering autonomy (70.9), inclusion (63.8) and discrimination (60.1). Conclusion: High proportion of people affected by leprosy presented impaired quality of life.
