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Quality of Life and its domains in leprosy patients after neurolysis: A study using WHOQOL-BREF

2013; British Leprosy Relief Association; Volume: 84; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.47276/lr.84.2.119

2162-8807

Felipe José Jandré dos Reis, Antônio José Lêdo Alves da Cunha, Artur Padão Gosling, Ana Paula Fontana, Maria Kátia Gomes,

Hematological disorders and diagnostics

Surgical nerve decompression in leprosy is indicated to prevent or treat nerve damage, and to improve sensory motor function and quality of life (QoL). The purpose of this study was to describe QoL of leprosy patients after surgical nerve decompression. Participants who underwent neurolysis in the last 5 years were recruited. The assessment consisted of collecting demographic and clinical information, QoL and its domain scores. Descriptive statistical analysis of demographic and clinical data was presented. Included 33 patients (43 +/- 11.0 years) who had neurolysis with a total of 61 nerves operated. The results of WHOQOL-bref showed that overall QoL mean was 11.2 (+/- 3.63) and domains scored as follow: physical (11.0 +/- 3.56), environment (11.47 +/- 2.11), psychological (13.29 +/- 2.79) and social relations (15.03 +/- 3.66). Measures of QoL should become part of the standard battery of tools used to assess health and well-being and it may contribute to identifying patients' needs in rehabilitation.