Psychophysiological features of male and female young patients with minor heart anomalies depending on degree of their intensity

Research Objective: To compare the features of personal response in young patients with minor heart anomalies according to gender and severity of abnormalities. Materials and Methods: Physiological characteristics of 124 male and female (mean age — 22,16±2,42 years) have been examined by means of Toronto Alexithymic scale, reduced multifactorial questionnaire for the study of personality and psychogeometric test. Results: It has been found that both women and men with moderate degree of minor heart anomalies manifest polar intrapsychic tendencies, higher levels of alexithymia than in those with a lesser degree of dysplasia of the connective tissue of the heart. Conclusion: Patients with moderate degree of minor heart anomalies have experienced the conflicting intrapsychic tendencies and higher levels of alexithymia than patients with minor heart anomalies of a minimal degree, regardless of the gender. Male patients with varying degrees of severity are more likely to suffer from alexithymia than females