Abstract
Objective: To verify the association between demographics and the clinicals characteristics with the degree of physical incapacity at the time of diagnosis and the discharged from leprosy treatment. Methods: This is a cross-sectional population-based and analytical exploratory study, using secondary data from cases of leprosy in the period from 2009 to 2017. It was used the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System and it was coordinated in municipality of the Northern Paraná region. Results: It was verified that 70,4% of new cases reported with leprosy were identified with physical disability at the time of diagnosis, being the male gender (p=0,02) and the official polychemotherapy to treat leprosy (p<0,01) statistically significant results to developing the degree of physical disability at discharged, considering the degree of physical disability at diagnosis. Conclusion: The evolution to physical disabilities in leprosy reflect the quality of health services, considering the early diagnosis and the start of treatment, being the Primary Health Care the most important entrance for this purpose.