Peculiarities of multiple sclerosis dynamics among Subcarpathia inhabitants depending on certain social risk factors of this disease

Abstract

The influence of such exogenic risk factors of MS on the disease dynamics among Subcarpathia inhabitants has been studied: education level, work conditions, marital status and concomitant diseases in the family. It has been found that the biggest percentage of the examined patients was married, and the number of the divorced was significantly lesser. Obviously, the marital status does not influence clinical characteristics of MS. The education level has an influence on the rate according to EDSS scale. The biggest part of the examined patients with MS had secondary vocational education, slightly lesser number had higher and incomplete secondary education, and the least number of patients at the time of examination were students. Thus, the lowest point was observed in the group of students with MS and the highest point among the people with incomplete secondary education. Relapse remitting disease dynamics type predominated among all the examined patients with MS.