Open AccessVisual and oculomotor disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis in connection with comorbidity
Author(s) -
G. Chupryna
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
shìdno-êvropejsʹkij nevrologìčnij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8444
pISSN - 2411-5797
DOI - 10.33444/2411-5797.2016.3(9).12-17
Subject(s) - comorbidity , depression (economics) , multiple sclerosis , medicine , visual impairment , cognitive impairment , quality of life (healthcare) , cognition , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Conducted study visual and oculomotor disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to identify the features of their occurrence and determination due to the performance quality of life, level of fatigue, depression, pain, cognitive impairment in terms of comorbidity. It examined 207 patients with different forms of MS course. The average prevalence of visual impairment in our studied patients with MS was 56.0% and -81.2% oculomotor disorders. It was found that in patients with MS comorbidity, visual disturbances and oculomotor disorders have greater prevalence and severity. The severity of visual disorders are closely correlated (p <0.05) with the level of depression and cognitive impairment, and the severity of the eye disorders - fatigue level of p <0.05.