[A multifactorial evaluation scale of psychosocial changes in patients with hypertension].

A simple and time-spending method permitting formalized evaluation of peculiarities of the personality, psychic status, social-psychologic peculiarities and attitude to treatment of patients with essential hypertension has been developed. The scale is proved to have high discrimination value, theoretic validity and validity according to the outer criteria, as well as sufficient reliability and sensitivity. The method may be used for scientific purposes as well as in practice for evaluation of psychosocial status of patients with essential hypertension, its dynamics in the process of treatment, choice of differential medical tactics, prognosis and assessment of the intervention effect.