METHOD OF COMPLEX ESTIMATION OF COMMITMENT FOR TREATMENT IN PREDICTION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TREATMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B5/02 A61B5/16 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to cardiology and can be used in prediction of arterial hypertension treatment in elderly patients. Method includes estimation of results of Moriski-Green test, reflecting peculiarities of medication intake, assessment of social and household conditions of patient by elaborated questionnaire, help from relatives, self-assessment of health, presence of arterial hypertension risk factors, assessment of work of medial personnel of hospital and outpatient department, as well as indices of test of multifactor personality questionnaire, results of anxiety Spilberger-Khanin test by scales of situation and personality anxiety, level of life quality indices by A.G.Gladkov, index of physical and psychological components of life quality by data of "SF-36 V 2 Health Survey Scoring questionnaire. Arterial hypertension risk factors are determined by technical means, measuring body weight and parameters, characterising presence of accompanying diseases. Each index is evaluated in points from 0 to 1.0 according to its importance for prognosis. Integral coefficient of commitment for treatment is determined by summing obtained points. If coefficient index is lower than 6 points, prediction is estimated as unsatisfactory, from 6 to 12 points - as uncertain, higher than 12 points - as satisfactory.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to predict treatment effectiveness and detect "risk group" in a reliable way for elaboration of further steps aimed at prevention of development of arterial hypertension complications in examined elderly patients.

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