Publications by authors named "Yesenia Vidal"
Background: Many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are not fatal, but they are disabling, disfiguring and stigmatizing. More accurate data on these aspects would benefit planning, monitoring and evaluation of interventions, as well as provision of appropriate services for the often life-long consequences. In 2015, a cross-NTD toolkit was developed, consisting of a variety of existing questionnaires to measure morbidity, disability and health-related quality of life.
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- - The study aimed to measure the average time it takes for leprosy symptoms to be diagnosed and identify factors that contribute to delays in diagnosis.
- - Researchers interviewed 249 leprosy patients in northern Colombia and found that the average diagnostic delay was 33.5 months, with some patients showing significant visible deformities by the time they were diagnosed.
- - The findings indicate that multiple consultations and delayed treatment seeking are linked to longer diagnosis times, highlighting the need for improved public awareness and quicker referrals to specialists for leprosy diagnosis.