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Characteristics of people of quality of life with leprosy in outpatient treatment
Caracterização da qualidade de vida de pessoas com hanseníase em tratamento ambulatorial
Características de la gente de la calidad de vida con la lepra en tratamiento ambulatorio
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Abstract Objective: To characterize the quality of life of people with leprosy in outpatient treatment. Method: Exploratory-descriptive quantitative study with 59 subjects. To obtain the socioeconomic and clinical data of individuals used the questionnaire, and for the quality of life, the Short Medical Outc... view more
Objective: To characterize the quality of life of people with leprosy in outpatient treatment. Method: Exploratory-descriptive quantitative study with 59 subjects. To obtain the socioeconomic and clinical data of individuals used the questionnaire, and for the quality of life, the Short Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short-Form Health Survey SF-36. Data analysis was adopted IBM SPSS statistical software. Results: 78% multibacillary; males 54,3%; mean age 45,9%years; economically active 67%. The SF-36 shows average scores calculated values up to score 50, but the physical and emotional aspects (score <50) Age was correlated to the areas of functional capacity and physical aspects, while sex was associated with mental health. Conclusion: The investigated population has adequate quality of life, though, it is observed that this is affected by the disease.... view less
Keywords
outpatient treatment; quality of life; nursing; chronic illness; contagious disease; patient
Classification
Medical Sociology
Free Keywords
Lepra
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 5010-5016
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i4.5010-5016
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed