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https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25133| Tipo de Documento: | Artigo |
| Título: | Functional activity limitation and quality of life of leprosy cases in an endemic area in Northeastern Brazil |
| Autor(es): | Santos, Victor Santana Oliveira, Laudice Santos Castro, Fabrícia D. N. Santos, Vanessa Tavares de Gois Lemos, Lígia Mara Dolce de Ribeiro, Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Cuevas, Luis Eduardo Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz |
| Data do documento: | 2015 |
| Resumo: | Background: Few studies have evaluated the association between quality of life (QoL) and functional activity limitations (FAL) of leprosy patients as determined by the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale (SALSA). Aim: To identify the association between FALs and the QoL of patients during and post leprosy treatment. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional survey of 104 patients with leprosy followed in specialist reference centres in Sergipe, Brazil, between June and October 2014. QoL was evaluated using the World Health Organization-QoL-BREF (WHOQoL-BREF) questionnaire. The SALSA scale was used to measure FALs. Results: Low SALSA scores were present in 76% of patients. QoL scores were lower for the physical and environmental domains, with median (interquartile range (IQR)) scores of 53.6 (32.1– 67.9) and 53.1 (46.9–64.8), respectively. There was a statistical association between increasing SALSA scores and lower QoL as measured by the WHOQoL-BREF. Conclusion: Functional limitations are associated with lower QoL in leprosy patients, especially in the physical and environmental WHOQoL-BREF domains. |
| Palavras-chave: | Quality of life Leprosy Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Parte de : | PloS One |
| Idioma: | eng |
| Instituição/Editora: | Public Library of Science |
| Citação: | SANTOS, V. S. et al. Functional activity limitation and quality of life of leprosy cases in an endemic area in Northeastern Brazil. PLoS ONE, San Francisco, v. 9, n. 7, 2015. Disponível em: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003900. Acesso em: 5 maio 2026. |
| Licença: | Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0) |
| Identificador: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003900 |
| URI: | https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25133 |
| Aparece nas coleções: | PPGCS - Artigos de periódicos |
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