Analysis of multiple sclerosis-related disability in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (2014-2019)

The paper provides a brief review of the literature on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). It shows the social significance of this pathology. Disability related to MS for the period 2014-2019 was analyzed from the results of examination at the Main Sociomedical Expertise Bureau in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Ministry of Labor of Russia. The contingent of MS-related disability people mainly included young individuals of working age, the urban population, and patients with persistent static-and-dynamic, visual, urinary excretory, or mental dysfunctions. Sociomedical examinations in these citizens more frequently showed their limited ability for self-service, movement, behavioral control, and work activities. Groups 2 and 3 disability prevailed. In most cases, MS leads to disability within the first 5 years of the disease. Their initial examinations more commonly identify Group 3 disability. Relapsing-remitting MS predominates among the examined.

neurology, multiple sclerosis, disability pattern and trends, social problem