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A multi-centre study on quality of routine data collection on relapses
Sunil Deepak
  Sunil Deepak
Affiliation
Head of Medical & Scientific department, AIFO, Italy
Correspondence to: Sunil Deepak, Head of Medical & Scientific Department, AIFO, Italy (e-mail: sunil.deepak@aifo.it)
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G. Gazzoli
  G. Gazzoli
Affiliation
Project manager, AIFO, Italy
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Objectives:

To assess the quality of routine data collection on relapses in leprosy programmes in six countries.

 Design:

Through a questionnaire for project managers.

 Results:

The number of reported relapse cases did not correlate with number of new cases in the individual projects. Even where available, skin smears were not always used for diagnosis of MB cases and relapses. The diagnosis of relapses in the participating projects was exclusively on clinical basis – in 91.8% on the basis of new lesions.

 Conclusion:

Criteria for identification of relapses were not known or not applied in uniform manner in the projects involved in the research.
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Sunil Deepak, G. Gazzoli;
A multi-centre study on quality of routine data collection on relapses; Leprosy Review; 2012; 83; 4; 340-343; DOI: 10.47276/lr.83.4.340
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DOI: 10.47276/lr.83.4.340

articleview.journal_title: Leprosy Review
articleview.publisher: British Leprosy Relief Association
articleview.publisher_location: Colchester, UK
articleview.article_date_pre accepted on 05 April 2012 and articleview.pub_on 01 December 2012
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A multi-centre study on quality of routine data collection on relapses
S. Deepak and G. Gazzoli
A multi-centre study on quality of routine data collection on relapses
DeepakSunil
a
GazzoliG.
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a
Head of Medical & Scientific department, AIFO, Italy
b
Project manager, AIFO, Italy
Correspondence to: Sunil Deepak, Head of Medical & Scientific Department, AIFO, Italy (e-mail: )
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4
340
343
05042012
© Lepra
2012
Objectives:
To assess the quality of routine data collection on relapses in leprosy programmes in six countries.
Design:
Through a questionnaire for project managers.
Results:
The number of reported relapse cases did not correlate with number of new cases in the individual projects. Even where available, skin smears were not always used for diagnosis of MB cases and relapses. The diagnosis of relapses in the participating projects was exclusively on clinical basis – in 91.8% on the basis of new lesions.
Conclusion:
Criteria for identification of relapses were not known or not applied in uniform manner in the projects involved in the research.