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Peer-reviewedCC BYRevista latino-americana de enfermagem

Self-care practices and associated factors in people with Hansen’s disease in Primary Care*

  • Michelle Santos Macêdo1
  • Nanielle Silva Barbosa1,2
  • Olívia Dias de Araújo1
  • Fernanda Lorrany Silva1
  • Lídya Tolstenko Nogueira1
  • Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo1
  1. 1Universidade Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Teresina, PI, Brazil.
  2. 2Scholarship holder at the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil.
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Abstract

Objective

to analyze self-care practices and associated factors in people with Hansen's disease in Primary Health Care.Method

a cross-sectional study was conducted in Basic Health Units with 133 cases of Hansen's disease. The instrument "Attitude and Practice of Self-Care in Leprosy - face, hands and feet" was used. The chi-square and/or Fisher's exact test, with Yates correction, was used to analyze the association between variables. Logistic regression was applied to analyze self-care practices, with Odds Ratio and respective confidence intervals.Results

males predominated (54.1%), who were 20 to 59 years old (62.4%), married (60.9%), and income of one to two minimum wages (48.9%). The attitude towards self-care was positive (98.5%). Among the participants, only 4.5% performed self-care practices related to the face, hands (12.8%) and feet (5.3%). Having plantar or palmar ulcers and neuritis was associated with a reduced likelihood of unsatisfactory self-care.Conclusion

the attitude towards self-care was positive in the vast majority of participants, showing dissonance with self-care practices, which were predominantly unsatisfactory. Self-care in Hansen's disease is essential for the prevention of sequelae and requires that healthcare professionals develop continuous guidance and monitoring, aiming at improving quality of life.

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@article{macedo2026selfcare,
  title = {{Self-care practices and associated factors in people with Hansen’s disease in Primary Care*}},
  author = {Michelle Santos Macêdo and Nanielle Silva Barbosa and Olívia Dias de Araújo and Fernanda Lorrany Silva and Lídya Tolstenko Nogueira and Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo},
  journal = {Revista latino-americana de enfermagem},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1590/1518-8345.7921.4961},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13679909},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Self-care practices and associated factors in people with Hansen’s disease in Primary Care*
AU  - Michelle Santos Macêdo
AU  - Nanielle Silva Barbosa
AU  - Olívia Dias de Araújo
AU  - Fernanda Lorrany Silva
AU  - Lídya Tolstenko Nogueira
AU  - Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/19
JO  - Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
DO  - 10.1590/1518-8345.7921.4961
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13679909
AB  - Objective  to analyze self-care practices and associated factors in people with Hansen's disease in Primary Health Care.Method  a cross-sectional study was conducted in Basic Health Units with 133 cases of Hansen's disease. The instrument "Attitude and Practice of Self-Care in Leprosy - face, hands and feet" was used. The chi-square and/or Fisher's exact test, with Yates correction, was used to analyze the association between variables. Logistic regression was applied to analyze self-care practices, with Odds Ratio and respective confidence intervals.Results  males predominated (54.1%), who were 20 to 59 years old (62.4%), married (60.9%), and income of one to two minimum wages (48.9%). The attitude towards self-care was positive (98.5%). Among the participants, only 4.5% performed self-care practices related to the face, hands (12.8%) and feet (5.3%). Having plantar or palmar ulcers and neuritis was associated with a reduced likelihood of unsatisfactory self-care.Conclusion  the attitude towards self-care was positive in the vast majority of participants, showing dissonance with self-care practices, which were predominantly unsatisfactory. Self-care in Hansen's disease is essential for the prevention of sequelae and requires that healthcare professionals develop continuous guidance and monitoring, aiming at improving quality of life.
SN  - 0104-1169
SN  - 1518-8345
ER  -