Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Physical disabilities due to leprosy in Alagoas State, Northeast Brazil: a temporal and spatial modeling

  • Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza,
  • Daniela Lessa de Carvalho Tavares,
  • Clodis Maria Tavares,
  • Alda Graciele Claudio dos Santos Almeida,
  • Selma Maria Pereira da Silva Accioly,
  • João Paulo Silva de Paiva,
  • Thiago Cavalcanti Leal,
  • Victor Santana Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0540-2018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52

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Abstract INTRODUCTION: Monitoring disability trends is required to evaluate leprosy elimination. We assessed the trends in disability indicators and its association with space in Alagoas, Brazil. METHODS: We conducted an ecological study in all leprosy cases from 2006 to 2016. Disability indicators were analyzed using the joinpoint regression model. RESULTS: The proportion of new cases with grade 2 disability at diagnosis ranged from 4.7% to 11.9% (annual percent change, 1.4; P= 0.7), while at discharge, it ranged from 0.0% to 12.3% (annual percent change, -21.8; P= 0.2). CONCLUSIONS: Disability indicators had a stable trend over the study period.

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