title: [Post-puncture headache and patients' personality characteristics].
abstract: Diagnostic lumbar punctures were performed in 60 patients suffering from different organic diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Out of 60 persons, 30 developed postpuncture headache. Comparison of the personality traits in patients with and without postpuncture headache, made according to the MMPI technique, has shown significant differences in scales 1, 3 and 7 of the MMPI profile (scales of hypochondria, hysteria and psychasthenia). A conclusion is drawn that the patients' personality traits are of undoubtful importance in the pathogenesis of postpuncture headache. This circumstance should be taken into consideration in carrying out proper psychological and medicamentous preparation of the patients before lumbar punctures.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Tikhomirov
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Titova
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Postpunktsionnaia golovnaia bol' i lichnostnye osobennosti bol'nykh.