Factors associated with the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between socio-demographic and clinical factors and the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy. Method: cross-sectional analytical study conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 77 older adult patients with leprosy in a referral servic...

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Main Authors: Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira, Marilia Braga Marques, Janaina Fonseca Victor Coutinho, Juliana Cunha Maia, Maria Josefina da Silva, Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672017000400711&lng=en&tlng=en