APPLICATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE FORM OF HERPETIC INFECTION

Abstract

Objectives: To estimate dynamics of psychoemotional state and life quality in patients with severe form of recurrent herpetic infection (RHI) in psychotherapeutic treatment. Material and methods. A total of 65 patients with severe RHI were examined. The complex survey included questionnaires and psychometric research. Software «Statistica» 6.0 for Windows was used for statistical analysis of the data. Results. It was established that psychotherapy led to a lower frequency rate of aggravations, reduced duration of eruptions which became rare, the level of satisfaction with sexual relations increased. The adaptive types of attitude to the disease became more prevalent, GSI level and intensiveness of psychic distress (PSDI) decreased (р < 0,05), as well as the range of psychosomatic symptomatology (PST). Conclusion. The complex treatment with use of psychotherapy contributes to decreasing of RHI clinical implications and psychopathological semiology, which significantly raises quality of life of a dermatological patient.