Assistive technologies for improving the oral hygiene of leprosy patients residing in a former leprosy colony in Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Raquel Conceição FerreiraMarco Tulio de Freitas RibeiroFabiana Vargas-FerreiraAline Araujo SampaioAna Cristina Marinho PereiraAndrea Maria Duarte VargasRafaella Mendes de JesusEfigênia Ferreira E Ferreira

Published in: PloS one (2018)

This study demonstrated that assistive devices can facilitate oral hygiene activities in leprosy patients. It also reinforces the importance of using a multidisciplinary team for the rehabilitation of these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis