[Approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the medical rehabilitation of hypertension patients at a polyclinic].

A total of 306 patients with stages I, II and III of essential hypertension were examined for the microcirculation, central hemodynamics, physical working capacity and personality traits with the use of the MMPI test. Criteria were obtained for assessing the efficacy of a long-term treatment of patients. They included positive dynamics on the part of the resistive component in the microcirculatory system, decrease in the blood pressure and peripheral resistance to the bloodstream, recovery of the physical working capacity to the level seen in practically normal subjects.