Neurosychological Status of Patients with Hiv Infection

Abstract

The study is based on the survey data of 103 patients with HIV infection who are registered at the dispensary, aged 20 to 45 years. Neuropsychological studies of patients with HIV infection were carried out using special tests . As a result of interpretation of the data revealed that for a early preclinical stages of HIV memory disorders were observed in 64% of patients and affected mainly visual and auditory short-term memory types, attention disorders expressed in the form of exhaustion (at 51.2%). At the stage of HIV progression to the development of opportunistic infections, memory impairments were observed in 78% of patients and affected the logical, visual and associative types of memory. Disorders of attention were expressed in a decrease in work efficiency (in 22.6%), the degree of working capacity (in 43.3%) and exhaustion (in 66%).