Individual Psychological Markers of Transient Ischemic Attacks in Residents of the Repuplk of Karelia

The aim is to identify the role of systemic psychodiagnostics using a biopsychosocial approach for a multidimensional comprehensive study of the influence of individual psychological factors on the occurrence and course of transient ischemic attacks (TIA) among residents of the Republic of Karelia. Studied: personality premorbid and psychological symptomatic status in patients of stroke neurological unit of the Republican Hospital of Petrozavodsk suffering from TIA (n = 60; average age (56.9 ± 18.5) years; gender index 1: 1). The comparison group included individuals without TIA (n = 32; average age (52.4 ± 6.5) years; gender index 1:1; p = 0.06). Methods: the "Questionnaire for the intensity of psychopathological symptoms" (Symptom CHECKLIST-90-REVISED - SCL-90-R) and the Freiburg Multifactor Personality Questionnaire (Freiburg Personality Inventory - FPI) were used. Results. It was revealed that the personality premorbid of residents of the republic with TIA is characterized by neuroticism and shyness (high walls: (7.27 ± 2.60) and (7.10 ± 1.75) FPI points, respectively). The somatogenic effect of TIA on the psyche of patients consists of anxiety and depression in combination with somatization and phobias (average values for SCL-90-R: (0.56 ± 0.45); (0.65 ± 0.19); (0, 97 ± 0.27); (0.32 ± 0.19) points for the indicated psychopathological symptoms, respectively). Conclusions: patients with TIA in the Republic of Karelia are characterized by markers of psychological distress, which requires an individual psychological and psychotherapeutic correction

Anxiety · Neuroticism · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Somatization · Symptom Checklist 90 · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare Systems and Public Health · Medicine · Neurological disorders and treatments · Psychology · Social and Behavioral Studies · Internal Medicine