The quality of life, mental health, and perceived stigma of leprosy patients in Bangladesh

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 64; no. 12; pp. 2443 - 2453
• Main Authors: Tsutsumi, Atsuro, Izutsu, Takashi, Md Islam, Akramul, Maksuda, A.N., Kato, Hiroshi, Wakai, Susumu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2007; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bacterial diseases; Bangladesh; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gender; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; India; Infectious diseases; Leprosy; Leprosy - psychology; Leprosy Quality of life Mental health Perceived stigma Bangladesh; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Patients; Perceived stigma; Perception; Prejudice; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Socioeconomic status; Stigma; Stigmatization; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tropical bacterial diseases; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Asia; Bangladesh; Leprosy; Perceived stigma; Bangladesh; Mental health; Quality of life; Human; Skin disease; Social perception; Stigma; Chronic disease; Patient; Mycobacterial infection; Infection; Bacteriosis; Perception; Social medicine; Public health

The present study aims to determine the quality of life (QOL) and general mental health of leprosy patients compared with the general population, and evaluate contributing factors such as socio-economic characteristics and perceived stigma. A total of 189 patients (160 outpatients, 29 inpatients) an...