Rorschach scores, prognosis, and course of illness in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Abstract

Neither the 33 Rorschach variables used in this study, Harrower-Erickson's neurotic signs, nor Elizur's Rorschach Content Test proved successful in predicting the rate of medical progress in a group of 45 young, male, hospitalized pulmonary tuberculosis patients who were being treated early in their illness.

Psychological concomitants to rate of recovery from tuberculosis.

“…Measurement of behavior in the hospital. 3 The ward behavior of each patient was rated on a 64-item rating scale independently by two aides and two nurses who had usually attended the patient for several months prior to the rating. Items representing three classes of behavior were selected on a rational basis from the pool of items: (a) 14 items concerning conformity to regulations, e.g., staying in bed, wearing a mask, covering coughs, (b) 22 items concerning relations with personnel, e.g., forms of demanding, complaining, conviviality, and (c) 7 items concerning relations with other patients, e.g., hazing, "reporting" a patient, disturbing others.…”