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Physical disabilities due to leprosy in Alagoas State, Northeast Brazil: a temporal and spatial modeling
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza1, Daniela Lessa de Carvalho Tavares2, Clodis Maria Tavares2
1Núcleo de Estudos em Medicina Social e Preventiva (NEMSP), Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil.
Introduction:
Monitoring disability trends is required to evaluate leprosy elimination. We assessed the trends in disability indicators and its association with space in Alagoas, Brazil.
Methods:
We conducted an ecological study in all leprosy cases from 2006 to 2016. Disability indicators were analyzed using the joinpoint regression model.
Results:
The proportion of new cases with grade 2 disability at diagnosis ranged from 4.7% to 11.9% (annual percent change, 1.4; P= 0.7), while at discharge, it ranged from 0.0% to 12.3% (annual percent change, -21.8; P= 0.2).
Conclusions:
Disability indicators had a stable trend over the study period.
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