MODERN METHODS OF STUDYING EMOTIONAL STATE IN PATIENTS WITH TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Abstract

Temperament properties were studied in 42 patients with trigeminal neuralgia using a questionnaire form of the temperament properties accentuation test (TAST) before and after treatment. Patients received finlepsin as a basic pharmacotherapy therapy. It was found that patients with trigeminal neuralgia, upon admission to the hospital during the period of exacerbation of the disease, are characterized by a predominance of manifestations of emotional instability and social passivity. After complex treatment, there is a decrease in neuroticism indicators against the background of increased aggressiveness and sensitivity, which indicates the ambiguous nature of the change in the emotionally unstable properties of temperament. Gender differences in the severity of temperament properties in patients with trigeminal neuralgia have been established: men have higher levels of sensitivity before treatment and social activity after its completion compared with the indicators of these scales in women. The revealed features of changes in the severity of temperament properties in patients with trigeminal neuralgia indicate the need to find effective means of correcting their psychophysiological condition.