[Medical and social condition of families of patients with multiple sclerosis].

Objective: To analyze the medical and social condition of 70 families having a member with multiple sclerosis of working age.

Material And Methods: We used the classification of types and kinds of families of chronically ill patients of working-age that included two sections - grouping families by health and social status.

Results: By medical condition, most families are assessed as dysfunctional II degree, by welfare as at risk families.

Conclusion: Both health and social status of the family depends on a number of social factors as well as the clinical characteristics of the disease, in particular, type of disease course and severity of neurological deficit.