Reddy B N, Bansal R D
Indian J Lepr. 1984 Apr-Jun;56(2):191-9.
The disability rate in this study was 16.23%. The highest disability rate of 30.76% was found in those aged 45 years and above. Disabilities were found to be more common among male leprosy patients with a disability rate of 21.05% compared to that of 11.45% found among female leprosy patients. None of the indeterminate leprosy patients showed any disabilities, whereas all the neuritic and lepromatous leprosy cases showed disabilities. The disability rate among tuberculoid leprosy patients and borderline leprosy patients were found to be 3.25% and 35% respectively. Persons whose monthly per capita income was less than Rs. 200/- constituted 93.50% of the cases with disabilities. Anaesthesia of the hand was seen in 67.4% of the cases. The mean disability index (DI-2 type) was 0.927.
本研究中的残疾率为16.23%。45岁及以上人群的残疾率最高，为30.76%。残疾在男性麻风病患者中更为常见，残疾率为21.05%，而女性麻风病患者的残疾率为11.45%。未定类麻风病患者均未出现任何残疾，而所有神经炎型和瘤型麻风病病例均有残疾。结核样型麻风病患者和界线类麻风病患者的残疾率分别为3.25%和35%。月人均收入低于200卢比的人群占残疾病例的93.50%。67.4%的病例出现手部麻木。平均残疾指数（DI-2型）为0.927。
