Perception of cure among leprosy patients post completion of multi-drug therapy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of self-perceived leprosy cure post-release from treatment with socio-economic, operational and clinical variables stratified by MDT-related timing; Cáceres–Mato Grosso, Brazil

Variable	Self-perceived as cured		Self-perceived as unhealed		Crude OR		Adjusted OR
Variable	N	%	N	%	(95% IC)	p value	(95% IC)	p value
During treatment with MDT^a
Social Insurance
Yes	26	49.1	27	50.9	4.89 (2.66–8.98)	0.001	3.07 (1.31–7.19)	0.010
No	278	82.5	59	17.5	1		1
Leprosy classification
Paucibacillary	205	81.0	48	19.0	1		1
Multibacillary	99	72.3	38	27.7	1.63 (1.00–2.67)	0.047	0.88 (0.49–1.58)	0.684
Leprosy reaction during treatment
Yes	70	59.3	48	40.7	4.22 (2.55–6.97)	0.001	2.60 (1.36–4.97)	0.004
No	234	80.3	38	14.0	1		1
Complaints during treatment
Yes	171	71.0	70	29.0	3.40 (1.88–6.12)	0.001	2.12 (1.11–4.04)	0.021
No	133	89.3	16	10.7	1		1
Sick note during treatment
Yes	30	55.6	24	44.4	3.68 (2.00–6.75)	0.001	0.89 (0.36–2.18)	0.801
No	274	81.5	62	18.5	1		1
Other medication
Yes	79	62.2	48	37.8	3.78 (2.28–6.24)	0.001	2.12 (1.16–3.87)	0.015
No	225	85.5	38	14.5	1		1
Post-release from treatment with MDT^b
Complaints post-release from treatment
Yes	101	59.8	68	40.2	7.59 (4.28–13.44)	0.001	4.62 (2.51–8.48)	0.001
No	203	91.9	18	08.1	1		1
Leprosy reactions post-release from treatment^d
Yes	59	57.3	44	42.7	4.35 (2.61–7.24)	0.001	2.82 (1.62–4.88)	0.001
No	245	85.4	42	14.6	1		1
PD grade post-release from treatment
Grade 0	127	94.8	07	5.2	1		1
Grade 1	132	78.6	36	21.4	4.94 (2.12–11.52)	0.001	3.07 (1.27–7.41)	0.012
Grade 2	45	51.1	43	48.9	17.33(7.27–41.30)	0.001	8.78 (3.52–21.92)	0.001

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