Abstract: Objective To investigate the psychologic characteristics of the hypertensive with transient ischemic attack(TIA). Methods 56 hypertensive patients with TIA were surveyed with Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Results and Conclusion The score in interpersonal sensitivity and paranoid factors of SCL-90 were below the norm obviously(P<0.05), the score of other factors were higher than the norm(P<0.01). Somatization, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety correlated negatively with E scale, while hostility, phobia anxiety, anxiety correlated positively with N scale. 71.4% patients appeared depression while 78.6% patients appeared anxiety in differently degree. Depression and anxiety correlated positively with the times of TIA, especially the anxiety.

Key words: hypertention, transient ischemic attack(TIA), Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)