GENDER TYPES IN DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS PATIENTS

Aim. To study the gender in patients with disseminated sclerosis and to consider its correlation with some clinical characteristic features of disease. Materials and methods. The gender of 84 patients with disseminated sclerosis was determined using Sandra Bem survey; the clinical picture was assessed by EDSS scale, the quality of life indices - SF-36 scale and asthenia - MFI-20 scale. Results. The examined patients were mainly of the feminine and andogynous gender types. Among these genders, as compared with patients of the other type, aggravated quality of physical functioning, lesser activity and more marked disability, especially by the pyramidal and cortical systems, was proved. Debut remoteness and disability degree correlated with Sandra Bam index. Conclusions. The proved correlation between feminization and the duration of disease, aggravation of disability indices, quality of physical functioning quality, as well as reduction in activity allows to suspect progression of disseminated sclerosis in proper time and to change management tactics.

Gender, disseminated sclerosis, clinical peculiarities of disease