ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to develop a compact questionnaire for analysis of the psychological status of patients who had survived a myocardial infarction (MI) meant for physicians with no special psychology or psychiatry training. For this purpose of 185 questions selected by expert method on the data of 236 cases of MI using the program of stepped discriminant analysis, 37 most informative questions were chosen. These questions allowed determination of the general response to MI (adequate or neurotic) as well as of the degree of overestimation or negation of the disease and the degree of anxious-depressive syndrome. On the basis of the obtained data a method of psychologic express diagnosis (PED) for assessment of the named variables was developed. PED is aimed at wide practical use for psychological screening of patients who had survived a MI.
Subject(s)
Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , Attitude to Health , Myocardial Infarction/psychology , Neurocognitive Disorders/diagnosis , Self-Assessment , Adult , Aged , Anxiety Disorders/etiology , Humans , Interview, Psychological/methods , Male , Middle Aged , Neurocognitive Disorders/etiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
A study of the sociopsychologic status of hypertensive patients showed labile and stable forms of essential hypertension to be associated with different personality features. A relationship was demonstrated between the duration of the patient's disability and the specifics of psychologic makeup.
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Hypertension/psychology , Interpersonal Relations , Psychophysiologic Disorders/etiology , Social Behavior Disorders/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Conflict, Psychological , Humans , Hypertension/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Stress, Psychological/complicationsABSTRACT
The developed multifactorial assessment schedule is sufficiently valid and can be successfully applied to dynamic studying the psychosocial factors, which are connected with the rehabilitation of the patients who have survived myocardial infarction. Owing to its simplicity and universality the schedule can be easily introduced into health care practice and applied according to the study tasks.
Subject(s)
Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Family , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , MMPI , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/psychology , Myocardial Infarction/rehabilitation , Patient Acceptance of Health Care , Personality , Psychology, Social , Time FactorsABSTRACT
A test for quantitative appraisal of psychological confliction is described. A variant of the "Polar personality profiles" method (SDF) is used as the basis of the test. The corresponding scheme for presenting the SDF and interpreting the data obtained is elaborated. Data obtained during clinical interrogations were used for validation of the test. One hundred and forty-five males were examined 1.5 to 2 months after recovery from myocardial infarction. A close correlatin was noted between the clinical data and the results of SDF. The results of the study show that the suggested method makes it possible to obtain reliable quantitative data concerning the psychological confliction of patients who had myocardial infarction.
