Tag: MEDICAL

This chapter dealt with the presentation and analysis of various data collected through the use of the designed questionnaire. One…

The copies of the structured questionnaires were personally administered to the respondents by the researcher.  Interview sessions were also organised…

The instrument was treated to ascertain its reliability by test and re-test method. This was done by administering the instrument…

The instrument for validation was structured questionnaire, which was given to the project supervisor for content and face validation for…

The instrument used for the collection of data was the structured questionnaire. The structure questionnaire was divided into two sections…

A sample size of 160 respondents was used for the study. The stratified and simple random sampling technique was adopted…

The population of Eku Community according to Census 2006 is nine thousand, eight hundred and seventy-three (9,873) persons.

The area of the study was Eku Community in Ethiope East Local Government Area Delta State. Eku Community is bounded…

The design that was used in carrying out this research work was the descriptive survey research method. The descriptive survey…

The writer summed up all that has been gotten from other researchers and other authors in this section. Leprosy has…

Akpan (2007) stated that the management of leprosy is aimed at stopping infection and minimising potential physical deformities. Management of…

World Health Organization (2009) mentioned that leprosy complications include the following: v    Internal eye disease (iritis) v    Pain in the…

Leprosy and its stigma have a pervading affect on an individual’s life even after the individuals has been cured and…

Leprosy is one of the diseases that attract widespread stigmatization. From the very moment an individual is diagnosed with leprosy,…

Many factors contribute to the challenges leprosy individuals face after rehabilitation into the society, and these vary across continents and…

According to Salvatore and Enrico (2008), leprosy can be classified on the basis of clinical manifestation and the skin smear…

Federal Ministry of Health (2008) stated that mycobacterium leprae is responsible for the disease in Nigeria. The bacterium grows very…

The World Health Organization (2009) explained that leprosy has struck fear into human beings for thousands of years and was…

Federal Ministry of Health (2008) defined leprosy as a contagious disease caused by the bacterium called mycobacterium leprae, it affects…

In this chapter, the researcher looked at works carried out by other researchers in area of the study. That is…

1.            Leprosy: This is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium Leprae. 2.            Rehabilitation: The process of helping a person or…

The purpose of the study was as follows: 1.      To find out if individuals who have been rehabilitated from leprosy…