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[Psychosocial, economic and physical status of former leprosy patients in Uganda]
H Baumann1, P Stingl, A van Wijnen
1Abteilung für Infektions- und Tropenmedizin der Medizinischen Klinik Innenstadt, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Abstract:
This study investigates the general living condition, the psychosocial, economical and physical situation of 161 leprosy patients previously treated at the St. Francis Leprosy Hospital at Buluba/Uganda, basing on interviews and clinical examinations. The results point to a negative correlation between general education and specific knowledge of leprosy and highlight a serious psychosocial situation of previously treated leprosy patients. The most important conclusion is that besides leprosy-specific chemotherapy, lifelong extensive general and leprosy-specific health education and posttreatment care can prevent disabilities in leprosy patients.
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