| Id: | 18502
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| Autor: | Nwosu, M. C; Nwosu, S. N. N
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| Título: | Leprosy control in the post leprosaria abolition years in Nigeria: reasons for default and irregular attendance at treatment centres
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| Fonte: | s.l; s.n; July- Sept. 2002. 4 p. tab.
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| Resumo: | A questionnaire was administered to all patients with leprosy seen at the four leprosy clinics in Anambra State in a face to face interview. The questions covered, among other items, the clinic attendance behaviour and the single most important reason, monthly, for absenteeism in the preceding year. The total and individual frequencies of the reasons for absenteeism were determined for the various behavioural subgroups. The differences in frequencies and associations were analysed. Values of P < 0.05 were considered as significant. The results showed that 27 females and 26 males were interviewed. 39.6 per cent of the patients were irregular attenders 735 per cent were defaulters. Attendance at meetings (P < .001); work at home (P < 0.01) fear/shame/indignation (P < 0.05); no confidence in treatment (P < 0.025) were significant reasons for absenteeism among irregular attenders inter-current illnesses as reasons for absenteeism did not differ significantly between regular and irregular attendees. The association between clinic attendance behaviour and lesion location (revealed Vs concealed) was not statistically significant (X(2)0.3). The findings in this study indicate that in the post leprosaria abolition years, default and irregular clinic attendance by patients with leprosy are numerically large and may compound the problems of control programmes, and thus negate the realization of the global goal of intercepting leprosy transmission. (AU).
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| Descritores: | ABSENTEISMO
INSTITUICOES DE ASSISTÊNCIA AMBULATORIAL/util
PESQUISAS SOBRE SERVICOS DE SAUDE
ACESSO AOS SERVICOS DE SAUDE/normas
HOSPITAIS DE DERMATOLOGIA SANITARIA DE PATOLOGIA TROPICAL
HANSENIASE/quimioter
HANSENIASE/epidemiol
HANSENIASE/psicol
NIGERIA/epidemiol
OCUPACOES/estatíst
COOPERACAO DO PACIENTE/psicol
- CONHECIMENTOS, ATITUDES E PRATICA
MOTIVACAO
EDUCACAO DO PACIENTE
SATISFACAO DO PACIENTE
QUESTIONARIOS
AUTOCUIDADO
DISTRIBUICAO POR SEXO
VIAGEM
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| Limites: | HUMANO
MASCULINO
FEMININO
ADULTO
MEIA-IDADE
IDOSO
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| Meio Eletrônico: | - .
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| Localização: | BR191.1; 09124/s |
