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Stigma, participation restriction and mental distress in patients affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: a pilot study in two co-endemic regions of eastern Colombia

BACKGROUND: Leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and Chagas disease (CD) are neglected tropical diseases with a high psychosocial burden (PSB). These conditions are endemic in Norte de Santander and Arauca in Colombia, but data on the related PSB are scarce. Therefore, we assessed mental distress,...

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Autores principales: Gómez, Libardo J, van Wijk, Robin, van Selm, Lena, Rivera, Alberto, Barbosa, Martha C, Parisi, Sandra, van Brakel, Wim H, Arevalo, Jofren, Quintero, William, Waltz, Mitzi, Puchner, Karl Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7334822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32052043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz132