Risk factors for physical disability at diagnosis of 19,283 new cases of leprosy Fatores de risco para incapacidade física no momento do diagnóstico de 19.283 casos novos de hanseníase

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Cristiane Moschioni, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, Maria Aparecida Faria Grossi, José Roberto Lambertucci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010
• Subjects: Hanseníase; Incapacidade física; Fatores de risco para deformidade; Hanseníase virchowiana; Prognóstico para incapacidade física; Leprosy; Physical disability; Risk factors for disability; Lepromatous leprosy; Physical disability prognosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nervo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000100005; https://doaj.org/article/32cea1af6a634db8aa327e316952fd74

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors for physical disability at the moment of leprosy diagnosis. METHODS: This is a retrospective, descriptive and exploratory investigation of 19,283 patients with leprosy, registered in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 2000...