Abstract: Objective: To investigate the status of chronic diseases in cured leprosy patients in Jiangsu Province, and analyze the influencing factors. Methods: A general survey was conducted by leprosy control workers to investigate cured leprosy patients both in leper villages and in the community (hereinafter referred to as the village group and the home group respectively) with self-designed questionnaire. Results: A total of 12724 (8969 males and 3755 females) cured leprosy patients completed the survey, including 803 in the village group and 11921 in the home group. The prevalence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, tumor and psychosis were 28.7%, 2.9%, 5.2%, 2.8%, 5.3%, 2.0% and 0.4%, respectively. The influencing factors of chronic diseases were the village group, female, non-agricultural household registration, old age (P<0.05). Conclusion: Cured leprosy patients are faced with not only physical deformity and psychological disorder but also with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

Key words: leprosy, chronic diseases, cross-sectional survey, influencing factor