title: [Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with leprosy-related reactions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients under treatment for leprosy-related reactions.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, conducted from October 2013 to April 2014 with 61 individuals in a reference center in the Brazilian northeast region. The statistical test used considered a significance level of 0,05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most individuals were males (57.38%), with low family income (50.82%) and incomplete elementary education (75.41%). In the moment of leprosy diagnosis, 52.45% of patients presented some degree of physical disability established. There was significant association between the observed clinic form and the moment of manifestation of leprosy reactions (p= 0.034). The residual analysis indicated that pure neural leprosy is associated to a manifestation of reactions before treatment and dimorphous leprosy was associated to manifestations during treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The disclosure of the clinical picture of pure neural leprosy and early detection of cases strongly contribute to the promotion of population health enabling the fulfillment of the goal of eradicating leprosy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Tatiane Aparecida
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Francisca Patrícia Barreto de
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Clélia Albino
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Amélia Carolina Lopes
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Débora Lúcia de Araújo
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Figueirêdo
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Irany
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Knackfuss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged