Leprosy [Hansen's disease]
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental type research was developed with two distinct groups:
1 - Comparison / control group: followed the service standards offered by the health service, thus, the patients were submitted to a
Behavioural
Other
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Sponsors
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients in treatment with MDT who met the inclusion criteria were considered eligible: age of majority, confirmation of leprosy diagnosis, multibacillary operational classification, with treatment between the second and ninth supervised dose (avoiding termination of the treatment during the intervention process).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The new cases, considering that these situations individuals receive guidance at the time of consultation, and therefore have a prior lack of a pathological condition; those unable to perform activities of self-care due to visual impairment, mental disorder and / or severe physical limitations; and patients with disabilities of cognitive understanding that prevent participation in educational intervention.
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The isolated items of the APAHansen instrument will be larger for the intervention group after the months of follow-up, assessed by the participants' arithmetic means for each item and the differences between groups validated by inferential statistical association (Chi-square test).;Statistically significant differences were observed for several actions in the intervention group, whereas only one item showed significant improvement in the control group, assessed by means of the arithmetic means of responsibilities for the APAHansen instrument items. | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in the number of patients who practice self-care with face, hands and feet for leprosy, assessed by APAHansen instrument scores (for dimension - face, hands and feet - and overall) of at least 50% of the proportion. adherence adherence to self-care.;The outcome of the study was a 300% increase in adherence to self-care in relation to face dimension, 400% in relation to hands dimension and 25% in feet dimension in the intervention group. Considering, the proportion of adherence to self-care, when compared the evaluations before and after the research period, for the intervention group, was 75% in the face dimension and 100% in the hands and foot. While for the control group, only the hands dimension (14.3%) showed adherence. All outcomes were assessed using scores (for dimension - face, hands and feet - and overall) of the APAHansen instrument. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactKaren Krystine Brito
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Outcome results
None listed