This research were to know about perceptions and experiences of patients of udleprosy treatment in Ngawi Regency. Data collection was taken by dept interview. udThe collected data was analysed by content analysis and descriptive statistic. This udresearch subjects were the new leprosy patients who ought to still do the leprosy udtreatment in Ngawi Regency. Research population were 55 people. As many as 30 udbecome samples. The results showed 16 respondents (53.33%) knew a correct udunderstanding of leprosy, 23 respondents (76.67%) did not knew the exact cause udof leprosy, 25 respondents (83.33%) know the signs or symptoms of leprosy udcorrectly, 15 respondents (50%) know the way of transmission of leprosy udcorrectly, there were 2 respondents (6.67%) who stopped treatment at the clinic udbecause they did not see any changes in the illness. Perception and experiences of udrespondents of leprosy treatment indicated most respondents believe to be udrecovered by leprosy treatment at Puskesmas and respondents did not try to hide udtheir leprosy from the society. Puskesmas officers had important role to increase udpatient knowledge and kept the patient finishing their medications.
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