?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Determinants+and+Associated+Disability+of+Leprosy+Patients+Attending+GMLF%2C+Sevagram&rft.creator=Khapre%2C+MP&rft.creator=Mudey%2C+A&rft.creator=Meshram%2C+R&rft.creator=Naik%2C+AR&rft.creator=Wagh%2C+V&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Leprosy%2C+as+an+oldest+disease+known+to+a+man+and+already+eliminated+from+India+in+2005%2C+still+poses+a+public+health+problem+with+steady+new+case+detection+rate.+Method%3A+The+present+study+was+carried+out+in+Gandhi+memorial+leprosy+foundation%2C+Wardha%2C+with+the+aim+to+find+out+proportion+of+multibacillary+leprosy+cases+and+various+grading+of+disability+and+factors+associated+with+it+in+this+part+of+country.+All+the+successive+new+OPD+patients+were+included+in+study+and+examined+for+type+of+leprosy+and+grade+of+disability+if+present.+Analysis+done+by+Descriptive+statistics.+Result%3A+66+%25+had+multibacillary+type+of+leprosy+and+44+%25+the+disability.+Higher+age+group%2C+females%2C+illiterate+and+less+educated%2C+unskilled+and+low+income+group+were+mostly+affected.+Conclusion%3A+high+proportion+of+multibacillary+cases+and+disabilities+reflects+the+need+for+active+thrust+to+identify+new+cases.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9689%2F1%2F2013-3-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Khapre%2C+MP+and+Mudey%2C+A+and+Meshram%2C+R+and+Naik%2C+AR+and+Wagh%2C+V++(2013)+Determinants+and+Associated+Disability+of+Leprosy+Patients+Attending+GMLF%2C+Sevagram.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9689%2F