Abstract

Diagnostic potential of the clinical scale for the assessment of psychic status (CSPS) of patients with chronic somatic diseases (CSD) was evaluated based on the results of observations that involved a total of 1,294 patients. For comparison, their conditions were estimated using a concise multifactorial questionnaire (CMFQ) to assess personality characteristics, 16-factor Kettell personality test, Spielberger's anxiety scale, and Beck depression inventory. Results of the study show that CSPS meets all requirements to psychometric tests as producing reliable and valid data. Specifically, it is characterized by high discriminative capacity and may be used to reveal a leading psychopathological syndrome and determine its severity for the choice of differential therapeutic strategies, assessment of dynamics of the psychic status in the course of therapy, estimation of its efficiency, and development of prognosis of the disease.

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