Diagnostic possibilities of the BIPi test in hypertension
Zaĭtsev, V.P.; Aĭvazian, T.A.
Kardiologiia 30(4): 83-87
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 2395272 Document Number: 349892
To gain an insight into the potentialities of the psychologic test Brief International Personality Inventory (BIPI), clinical and psychologic studies were undertaken to examine 390 hypertensive patients. The study provided evidence for wide psychodiagnostic potentialities of the BIPI in hypertensive disease. This test reflects the severity of mental changes, specific features of a psychopathological profile of patients with hypertensive disease and the time course of these parameters during follow-up and management. It may be useful both in the evaluation of hypertensive ' personality traits and in the differential diagnosis of psychopathological syndromes. It was shown that it was possible to use the BIPI in the prediction of effective therapy for arterial hypertension and length of temporary disability in patients with hypertensive disease.