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Assessing the feasibility of integration of self-care for filarial lymphoedema into existing community leprosy self-help groups in Nepal

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Title
Assessing the feasibility of integration of self-care for filarial lymphoedema into existing community leprosy self-help groups in Nepal
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BMC Public Health, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5099-0
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Joseph Pryce, Hayley E. Mableson, Ramesh Choudhary, Basu Dev Pandey, Dambar Aley, Hannah Betts, Charles D. Mackenzie, Louise A. Kelly-Hope, Hugh Cross

Abstract

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) and leprosy are disabling infectious diseases endemic in Nepal. LF infection can lead to lymphoedema and hydrocoele, while secondary effects of leprosy infection include impairments to hands, eyes and feet. The disabling effects of both conditions can be managed through self-care and the supportive effects of self-help groups (SHGs). A network of SHGs exists for people affected by leprosy in four districts in Nepal's Central Development Region, however no such service exists for people affected by LF. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of integrating LF affected people into existing leprosy SHGs in this area. A survey was conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire to elicit information on: (i) participant characteristics, clinical manifestation and disease burden; (ii) participants' knowledge of management of their condition and access to services; and (iii) participants' knowledge and perceptions of the alternate condition (LF affected participants' knowledge of leprosy and vice versa) and attitudes towards integration. A total of 52 LF affected and 53 leprosy affected participants were interviewed from 14 SHGs. On average, leprosy affected participants were shown to have 1.8 times greater knowledge of self-care techniques, and practiced 2.5 times more frequently than LF affected participants. Only a quarter of LF affected participants had accessed a health service for their condition, compared with 94.3% of leprosy affected people accessing a service (including SHGs), at least once a week. High levels of stigma were perceived by both groups towards the alternate condition, however, the majority of LF (79%) and leprosy (94.3%) affected participants stated that they would consider attending an integrated SHG. LF affected participants need to increase their knowledge of self-care and access to health services. Despite stigma being a potential barrier, attitudes towards integration were positive, suggesting that the SHGs may be a good platform for LF affected people to start self-care in this area. This is not a registered trial.

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Unknown 146 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 27 18%
Student > Master 18 12%
Student > Bachelor 15 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 6%
Other 9 6%
Other 21 14%
Unknown 47 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 4%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 3%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 53 36%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2021.
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#2,317,332
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#2,618
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#55,030
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#69
of 260 outputs
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