title: Quality of life in leprosy: a comparative analysis between patients in the Amazon region and patients in Santo André in the ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: This study analyzed the quality of life of individuals with leprosy and compared quality of life indexes of patients in two different socioeconomic scenarios. The study was conducted at the leprosy clinic of the ABC School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil and during visits to the populations living along the Purus River in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate the patients. Quality of life was found to be impaired in 76.9% of the patients evaluated in the Amazon compared to 19% of the patients in Santo André. In the group of patients in the Amazon who had sequelae of the disease, quality of life was impaired.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, ABC School of Medicine, FMABC, Sao Paulo, Brazil. rodrigoproto@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rodrigo Sestito
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Proto
authors.forename: Carlos D'Apparecida Santos
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Machado Filho
authors.forename: José Ricardo Carvalho Lima
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rehder
authors.forename: Maurício Pedreira
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.forename: Rodrigo Interlandi
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Angelucci
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires