Predictors of Therapy Efficacy for Homeostatic Post-Stress Disorders

The aim of the investigation is to reveal predictors of stress pathogenicity and to study the possibility of their application for monitoring rehabilitation effectiveness in individuals with distress consequences.

Materials and Methods. The study involved 175 males who had suffered once traumatic stress, associated with professional activities. Anamnestic, instrumental and laboratory methods of investigation were used along with psychological techniques and calculation of integral indexes. Besides, to investigate the possibility of applying the predictors for monitoring sanogenetic changes the studied individuals participated in standard rehabilitation programs according to the methods developed by Pogodina et al.

Results. There have been revealed the most informative predictors of stress pathogenicity and therapy efficacy for homeostatic post-stress disorders resulting from interaction of the organism with the environment. It has been established that in individuals with a single exposure to traumatic stress the most informative predictors of stress pathogenicity are vegetative disturbances and sexual status disorders associated with them, such as sexual dysfunctions and family-sexual disharmonies. Complex evaluation of the revealed predictors is possible when applying integral indexes based on measuring vegetative and psychosomatic parameters. It is quite easy to implement and at the same time informative not only for assessment of patients initial condition but also for monitoring rehabilitation effectiveness in individuals with distress consequences.

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Mironov S.A., Artifeksov S.B. Predictors of Therapy Efficacy for Homeostatic Post-Stress Disorders. Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine 2016; 8(1): 117, https://doi.org/10.17691/stm2016.8.1.15