PROGNOSIS OF DISABILITY IN RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

105 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis aged 18 to 49 were examined. The degree of disability was assessed using the Expanded Disability Status Scale. Neuropsychological examination was performed to determine the level of personal and reactive anxiety on the Spielberger-Khanin scale and depression on the Beck scale. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was performed and brain atrophy indices were calculated, namely, the bicaudal and Sylvian sulcus indices. The ability of the studied clinical and paraclinical indicators to predict the progression of disability in multiple sclerosis was assessed using ROC analysis. Areas under the ROC curve had excellent prognostic characteristics for indices of atrophy, levels of anxiety and depression about significant neurological manifestations (EDSS & GE;3.5 points) and disability in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. According to the data of the multiple logistic regression analysis, it was established that the degree of subcortical atrophy according to the BCR index is a statistically significant independent factor affecting the appearance of significant neurological manifestations, according to the adjusted odds ratio, purified from the influence of other factors (OR=26.2; 95 % CI 3.5-198.3), the level of depression on the BDI scale (OR=97.2; 95 % CI (3.4-2744.0). A significant protective effect of disease-modifying therapy was confirmed (OR=0.006; 95 % CI 0.001-0.045).