Original scientific paper

Determinants of Psychopathological Deviations in Persons with Stroke

Slavka GALIĆ ; General County Hospital, Požega
Hrvoje BOGADI ; General County Hospital, Požega
Dušan MAMULA ; Penitentiary in Po`ega, Požega

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether differences exist
between persons with elevated clinical scales in personality
inventory after a stroke and persons without elevation on
clinical scales, according to demographic characteristics, the
time that has passed since the stroke, the frequency of earlier
psychiatric disorders, the inability to carry out a former
profession, the presence of a hemiparesis and an aphasia, the
lateralization and localization of a brain lesion, the level of
intellectual, mnestic and executive functions, in order to see
whether certain psychosocial variables or lesion related factors
contribute to a larger extent to the development of
psychopathological symptoms. Participants in this study were 73
persons with stroke, who had been sent to a general hospital
for neuropsychological examination. Based on the results on
the MMPI-201 the participants were divided into two groups:
those with elevated clinical scales (N=39) and without elevation
on clinical scales (N=34). Statistically significant differences
between groups were found in results on Digit span, work
status and lateralization of lesion. The group of persons with
elevated clinical scales included more persons with bilateral
lesions. The results indicate the significance of certain negative
life events in psychopathological deviations after a stroke and
that psychopathological deviations are not associated only with
clinical variables even though it seems that bilateral lesions
increase the risk of psychopathological deviations.

Keywords

psychopathological deviations; stroke

Hrčak ID:

37109

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37109

Publication date:

30.4.2009.

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