Abstract

Management and rehabilitation of leprosy patients needs information aoout the social acceptance and its association with physical and psychological problems of the affected person. Ninety three leprosy patients (72 male and 21 female) were selected from outpatient department of the hospitals/clinics and their demographic and clinical informations were recorded. The patients were screened for common menta diseases using GHQ-60 (Bengali version). The social functioning was assessed using SSFI. Mean age was 35.19 +/- 12.5 years, 69.9% of the subjects were from urban areas. Multibacillary cases accounted for 60.2% of the cases, 21.5% of the patients had deformity, 53.8% of the patients screened positive for common psychiatric diseases. Social functioning impairment of mild, moderate and severe level was 9.7%, 82.8, and 7.5% respectively. On Univariate analysis, presence of deformity was the only variable showing significant association with moderate to severe degree of social impairment. Using decision tree (Exhaustive CHAID) analysis, presence of deformity along with urban residence was strongly predicted severe social functioning impairment. The results of the study show the need to formulate suitable psychosocial intervention strategy especially in the context of high psychiatric morbidity.

Authors

Sanyal D, Das Gupta D, Mahapatra N, Samanta SK

Institution

Department of Psychiatry, Midnapore Medical College. dsanyal99@hotmail.com

Source

Indian journal of leprosy 83:4 pg 225-9

MeSH

Adult
Aged, 80 and over
Comorbidity
Disability Evaluation
Disabled Persons
Female
Humans
Leprosy
Male
Mental Disorders
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Residence Characteristics
Self Concept
Social Adjustment
Social Distance
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban Population

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22783757