The Rorschach test during chronic haemodialysis
Faravelli, C.; Amaducci, L.; Pazzagli, A.; Varrasi, G.
Rivista di Patologia Nervosa E Mentale 97(4): 225-238
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-6433 PMID: 1032039 Document Number: 104616
Twenty-eight patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis for renal failure and seven patients suffering from chronic uremia, but not on dialysis programs were submitted to the Rorschach test. The patients who were undergoing haemodialysis for less than one year showed higher signs of anxiety (shock and Hd responses); on the other hand patients undergoing the treatment for more than 5 years showed a generally worse quality response to the test. This bad performance was interpreted either as a sign of organic brain damage or as a worse cooperation in the test procedure.