Cognitive disorders in pregnant women with a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy with malfunction of the autonomic nervous system deteriorates by enhancing such clinical syndromes as respiratory, asthenic, hemorrhagic, aggravating peripheral vascular disorders. Cognitive disorder is frequent in pregnancy and it is coupled with a range of undesirable outcomes, including maternal death. AIM: To carry out the analysis of cognitive disorders in pregnant women with a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. METHODS AND MATERIAL: 19 pregnant women with the malfunction of the autonomic nervous system (the basic group) and 16 pregnant women without neurologic pathology (the control group) were examined. Neuropsychological tests such as Montreal Cognitive Assessment test (MoCA test) and concentration test by the method of Münsterberg were applied for investigation of cognitive disorder. Depression screening test – Depression scale (CES-D) was applied to determine depressive disorder among pregnant women. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Statistica 8.0, Microsoft Excel were used for data processing. RESULTS: The research showed the decrease of the short-term memory, decreased concentration, the impairment of extended memory reproduction and abstract thinking in pregnant women with the malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Depressive disorder was met in pregnant women in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: All pregnant women with the malfunction of the autonomic nervous system had cognitive disorders (100%). The majority of women with depressive disorder was found in group of pregnant women with the malfunction of the autonomic nervous system.