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Short Communication • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 52 • 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0540-2018   copy

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

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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.

Keywords:
Brazil; Leprosy; Monitoring; Physical disability

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