Frequency of Registered Cases of Multiple Sclerosis

Background and objective: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease causing debilitating physical symptoms and a reduced quality of life, which incurs staggering costs of treatment not only to patients and their family but also to the healthcare system. Thus, getting familiar with the prevalence of this disease is considered essential for developing screening programs. Method:This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study. Samples were chosen via the census sampling method. The investigation was based on data provided by the unit of special diseases of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected via a predesigned checklist and further analyzed by SPSS 24 software. Results:A total of 1426 patients who developed MS between 2009 and 2019 and had archived medical files in the center of special diseases of Kermanshah medical sciences were studied. Among all MS participants, the ratio of female to male participants was 1.5:1, and 52.14% (n=747) of all studied patients were persons aged over 60 years. Discussion and conclusion:Based on our findings and patients' data provided by the center of special diseases of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, it can be stated that Kermanshah is one of the regions with a high prevalence of MS. This necessitates intervention by the healthcare system of Kermanshah province for screening and controlling the disease.