Hypochondriac disorders in patients with myopia: personal characteristics and their role in the formation of the internal picture of the disease

мyopia is one of the most significant health problems in the world, given the risks of complications. There is a relationship between anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, and the formation of an internal picture of illness in accommodation disorders. The work aimed to determine the personal characteristics of patients with myopia and hypochondriac disorder and their significance in the formation of the internal picture of the disease. 10,0% of patients with myopia were diagnosed with a hypochondriacal disorder, whose personality characteristics and internal picture of the disease were studied using the "Methodology of multifaceted personality research" and the "Personality Questionnaire of the Bekhter Institute". Mathematical processing of the research results was carried out using the methods of mathematical statistics. It was shown that persons with myopia and hypochondriacal disorder presented an excessive number of complaints about severe visual impairment, were very concerned about their health, were pessimistic, effectively rigid, had peculiar interests, and had communication difficulties. This led to the appearance of mixed types of attitudes toward the disease with a predominance of sensitive, neurasthenic, and anosognosic types; which were often combined with other types. Understanding the prevalence, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders in patients with myopia will provide an opportunity to develop individual rehabilitation programs after surgical correction.