Leprosy - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Test-retest reliability of the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale in North-West Nigeria.

30 May 2009 INTRODUCTION: The present study examines the inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of the recently developed scale for Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) in North-West Nigeria. The scale was developed through ... Read more...

[Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan]

30 Jan 2009 Average age of residents living in National sanatorium Hoshizuka-Keiaien where people have past history of Hansen disease is around 80 years old at present, and many of them spend their whole days in watching TV or sleeping almost alone in their ... Read more...

A case control study of psychiatric morbidities among subjects with leprosy in Lagos, Nigeria.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVES: To determine the pattern of psychiatric morbidity prevalent among leprosy patients and to compare it with two control groups; those suffering from Tinea vesicolor and Normal subjects. DESIGN: Eighty-eight leprosy patients were matched ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Leprosy - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Power to the patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Test-retest reliability of the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale in North-West Nigeria. 30 May 2009
• [Power of music that moves mind and body--music therapy in the Hansen's disease sanatorium in Japan] 30 Jan 2009
• A case control study of psychiatric morbidities among subjects with leprosy in Lagos, Nigeria. 30 Dec 2008
• Leprosy and human rights. 30 Aug 2008
• [Ways of physical and symbolic isolation: leprosy, its isolation spaces and the medical-legal discourse in Argentina.] 29 Jun 2008
• A study on community-based approaches to reduce leprosy stigma in India. 29 Jun 2008
• Interviews with two key leaders in leprosy: Professor PL Joshi and Professor Maria Leide. 30 May 2008
• Extent and correlates of leprosy stigma in rural India. 30 Mar 2008
• Noncompliance with the world health organization-multidrug therapy among leprosy patients in Cebu, Philippines: its causes and implications on the leprosy control program. 30 Mar 2008
• A day at Carville: my home--mi casa. 28 Feb 2008
• Leprosy: steps along the journey of eradication. 28 Feb 2008
• [Delayed home screening of leprosy; experience of the screening team in Mayotte] 30 Jan 2008
• [Leprosy patient comprehension using a perspective model and KOMI chart--clinical case conference] 30 Jan 2008
• [Nursing assistance to a Leprosy-infected patient: transcultural approach] 30 Dec 2007
• [Leprosy: stigma and prejudice lived by institucionalized patients in Santa Catarina State, Brazil (1940-1960)] 30 Dec 2007
• [Nursing consultation for leprosy patients in the territory of the Family Health Strategy: perceptions of nurses and patients] 30 Dec 2007
• [Leprosy social mobilization workshop: an experience report] 30 Dec 2007
• [Post-treatment of Leprosy in Ceará: activity and functional limitation, safety awareness and social participation] 30 Dec 2007
• Osler and Grace visit Tracadie. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Leprosy'

Definition: A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.

Descriptor UI: D007918

Alternative terms: Leprosy; Leprosies; Hansen Disease; Disease, Hansen; Hansen's Disease; Disease, Hansen's; Hansens Disease;

Related Mesh Headings: Leprostatic Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.252.410.040.552.386;

Technical Notes: caused by Mycobacterium leprae; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics; rat leprosy = MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS (IM) + MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM (IM); /drug ther: consider also LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; ENL (erythema nodosum leprosum): see note at LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS