title: [Personality characteristics of hypertension patients].
abstract: Clinico-psychological examination of 103 patients with different forms of arterial hypertension was conducted. The psychological status was appraised by means of the MMPI method and Kettell's "16-PF" test. Patients with hypertensive disease differed from individuals with symptomatic hypertension in features of personality neurotization with anxiety for their health and the desire to focus the attention of others on their condition. This is typical to a greater measure of a disease marked by crises. No significant differences in psychological indices were revealed in patients with different stages of hypertensive disease. The data obtained are evidence that psychological factors have a direct effect on the course of hypertensive disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002416:Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality
vernacular_title: Osobennosti lichnosti bol'nykh gipertonicheskoĭ bolezn'iu.