Complex analysis of the data of clinico-psychological examination of patients with alcoholism for predicting early recurrences
Tiul'pin, I.G.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 90(2): 62-66
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 2160173 Document Number: 363427
To have a more comprehensive depiction of 95 patients with stage II alcoholism, the primary result according to the MMPI procedure was transformed to a comparatively seldom used indicator of difference between the individual mean and indicators from the scales in T marks. Analysis of that indicator made it possible to distinguish values specific for an early relapse and long remission according to each of the scales. A significant difference in distributions according to the assessment scales and scales 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 was demonstrated. The hypothesis of the nonlinearity of the existing relations was proved. Analysis of the patients' distribution within the space of 5 most significant factors has shown the key importance of the level of anxiety and personal anxiety in the relapse occurrence. A reliable system of predicting early relapses is suggested.