Özet:

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of neurological and chronic diseases on partial or complete dependency. The files of 1183 cases who applied to the Besni State Hospital Disabled Health Board between 01.03.2019-01.03.2020 were retros-pectively analyzed. In this study, the "Regulation on Disability Assessment for Adults", which was publis-hed on 20.02.2019 and offers a more detailed assess-ment compared to the previous regulations, was taken as reference. Of the 1183 cases included in the study, 709 (59.9%) were independent, 352 (29.8%) were partially dependent, and 122 (10.3%) were comple-tely dependent. It was observed that the rates of ma-les in the independent group and females in the parti-ally dependent group were higher (p <0.05). When the relationship between neurological diseases and chronic diseases was examined, a significant relati-onship was found between stroke and hypertension and cardiovascular disease, polyneuropathy and hy-pertension, diabetes mellitus, rheumatic disease and chronic kidney disease (p <0.05). In the logistic reg-ression analysis, it was seen that there was a signifi-cant relationship between stroke, dementia, cerebral palsy and parkinson's and partial dependence, and a stronger and significant relationship between comple-te dependence (p <0.05). A similarly significant rela-tionship was observed between epilepsy and being completely dependent (p <0.05). This retrospective study conducted through the Health Board for the Disabled gives important results about neurological diseases and accompanying chronic diseases and the degree of disability resulting from them.

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