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JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 536-543Publisher
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DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0569
Keywords
activities of daily living; disabled persons; leprosy; personal autonomy
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- Netherlands Leprosy Relief/Nederlandse Leprastichting
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Objective: To assess the prevalence of impairments and evaluate the relationships between impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions in people affected by leprosy living in The Netherlands. Design: A cross-sectional study. Subjects: Eighty-two people affected by leprosy living in The Netherlands. Methods: A postal questionnaire was performed. Impairments were inventoried with the Total Impairment Score. Activity limitations were assessed with the World Health Organization Disability Schedule II (WHODAS-II) and participation restrictions with the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) questionnaire. Results: A high prevalence of impairments was found (83%), mostly in hands and feet. Activity limitations were substantial, and highest for the WHODAS-II domains household/work and getting around. The severity of impairment; correlated significantly with activity limitations. Eye and foot impairments independently contributed to the domains household/work and getting around, explaining 34% and 40% of variance. Poor or very poor participation (IPA) was reported by 13-32% of persons, mostly in the autonomy outdoors and family role domains. These domains were associated with activity limitations and hand impairments Conclusions: People affected by leprosy in The Netherlands encounter limitations in activities and participation restrictions, which are related to the severity of impairments. The high prevalence of disability suggests rehabilitation care should be considered for a substantial proportion of people affected by leprosy.
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