Associations between occupation, leprosy disability and other sociodemographic factors in an endemic area of Brazil.
Juan CisnerosJosé Antonio FerreiraMaria Aparecida de Faria GrossiThelma de FilippisAna Laura Grossi de OliveiraSandra LyonJessica K FairleyPublished in: PLOS global public health (2022)
Low education was associated with leprosy disability, consistent with prior studies, and therefore should be a focus for disability reduction programs. While the sample size of this study may have limited detection of associations between disability and social determinants tested, half of the patients reported a manual job, highlighting the need for more extensive studies on associations between occupation, disability, and related injuries.