Prevention of Disability: Proposal for a Guidance Manual for Leprosy Patients

University of Sao Paulo

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Disability Evaluation; Quality of Life; Leprosy

Treatments: Other: exercise and orientation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01006759

FMRPUSP

HCRP n°14553/2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Leprosy is an infectious disease of slow evolution, manifested primarily by signs and symptoms dermatoneurological with skin lesions and peripheral nerve, especially in the eyes, hands and feet. The prevention of disability is essential for the control of complications. Objective: To evaluate the physical and functional status of hands, feet and eyes, for the appearance and evolution of sensory and motor deficiencies and classification of disability (WHO) of a group of leprosy patients to compare and monitor the result treatment on the progression of neuropathy and recurrence of reactions. Methodology: We performed initial physical therapy evaluation and final, after 12 months. We conducted a clinical trial of a series of 26 cases evaluated with newly diagnosed leprosy, treated by standard medication. There were used methods of qualitative and quantitative. An illustrated manual of guidelines was especially developed for this study.

Full description

assessment methods of qualitative and quantitative: inspection of eyes, hands and foot, manual motor function, grip and pinch dynamometry,threshold test, SF 36 quality of life questionnaire.

Intervention: illustrated guidelines, exercises, orthoses, orientation Goals: disability prevention

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients in this project were diagnosed and referred by the dermatology to do the physical-functional evaluation and physiotherapy. We selected patients aged 18 years and both sexes, even with comorbidities, since diagnosed and treated. In accepting to participate in the research, signed a consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Those patients who refused to sign the consent form and those who did not attend the evaluations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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55 participants in 1 patient group

leprosy disability

Experimental group

Description:

intervention of a series of cases with leprosy that made treatment in a Clinical Hospital

Treatment:

Other: exercise and orientation