title: Disability profile in leprosy patients' diagnoses in a rural reference leprosy centre in Ethiopia during 1999-2009.
abstract: We assessed the epidemiology of disabilities in leprosy cases treated in a rural hospital over a 10-year period. This is a retrospective data collection using leprosy registers and treatment cards in a rural private mission hospital. Over the 10-year period, 210 patients with leprosy were registered for treatment. One hundred and twenty-eight (61.5%) had disabilities (26.0% grade 1 and 35.6% grade 2): 13.5% ocular disabilities, 44.5% disabilities in hands and 44.7% foot impairment. Patients >19 years had more disabilities (66.7% versus 50.7%) (P = 0.03), especially ocular disabilities (16.7% in >20 versus 6.0% in <20 years) (P = 0.03). This study detected a high prevalence of disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Gambo General Rural Hospital, Shashemane, Ethiopia. jramosrincon@yahoo.es
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Deriba
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lemma
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belinchón
authors.forename: José R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D055815:Young Adult