title: [Level of knowledge of lepers from the city of La Habana about their disease].
abstract: The conclusions herein reported were derived from a study of the perceptions of the general public on leprosy compared with the concepts held by patients. This paper is based on a survey developed accordingly, which was applied to 150 patients and 100 healthy individuals in Havana City. Results show the need for increasing the Health Education provided patients.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Rojas y López del Rincón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011897:Random Allocation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Nivel de conocimientos de los enfermos de lepra de ciudad de La Habana en relación con su padecimiento.