GENDER DIFFERENCES OF COMORBID NERVOUS AND MENTAL pathologies IN patients with CATARACT
Background. The article describes an analysis of comorbid nervous and mental pathologies in patients with cataract by gender. Materials and methods. The authors studied clinical and psychopathological conditions in 75 patients with cataract using the method of testing and interviewing during the preoperative period (1-2 days before the operation). The researchers used the following research methods: the G. Eysenck questionnaire, the Leonhard Shmisheck personality test, the Montgomery-Asberg rating scale of depression, the HADS hospital anxiety and depression scale. Results. In most cases cataract patients had a personality profile which defined the structure of melancholy introvert-excitable, emotive or pedantic type. One-fifth of patients with cataract did not have any symptoms of depression, sleep disorders, appetite and other psycho-emotional and neuropsychiatric disorders. It may be considered as an evidence of sufficient stability and strength of these patients’ personalities. Neurotic symptoms, as well as psycho-emotional disorders, are less pronounced in men than in women. Conclusions. The difference of comorbid clinical manifestations of nervous and mental pathologiese in men and women with cataracts determines a need for development of therapeutic programs regardless of their gender specifics.