[Psychological profiles of patients with bronchial asthma (II). Analysis according to the modes of attack in severe asthmatics and in those with fatal asthma].

When the rise of asthma death became a world-wide problem, background factors proposed were the poor patient education and compliance with psychological factors which hindered these accomplishments. Analysis were made on the psychological test scales recorded by the severe asthmatics and found that the result for the acute type resembled the controls, while those with chronic attacks had depressive/neurotic tendencies with decreased activity. Result of those with acute on chronic attacks show more active attitude in life. Fatal asthmatics had high level for thinking extroversion signifying more optimistic attitude which may have lead them to their under-estimation of asthma. Other scales in fatal asthma suggest problems in their life styles and maladaptation.