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- Title
A case-control study on the temperament and Psychological mood of patients with chronic Hepatitis B.
- Authors
Fındıklı, Ebru; Ateş, Selma; Kandemir, Bahar; Karaaslan, Mehmet Fatih; Camkurt, Mehmet Akif; İzci, Filiz; Durduran, Yasemin; Kardaş, Selçuk; Bitirgen, Mehmet
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the personality and temperament traits in patients with chronic hepatitis B in comparison to healthy subjects and to determine whether there is a relation between personality trait and level of anxiety or depression. Materials/Subjects and Method: This was a case-control study in which 67 patients who had been under follow-up with diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B and 103 agedmatched healthy subjects were included. Study participants were asked to complete three self-report questionnaires--Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) to define personality traits, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to evaluate presence and severity of depression and anxiety. Results: Total and sub-scale scores of five out of seven dimensions of TCI--reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcence--were significantly higher in Group 1 than Group 2. Total BDI and BAI scores were significantly higher in Group 1 than Group 2 .Significantly more patients had a BDI score of 17 or over in Group 1 than Group 2. There was no significant correlation between total scores of TCI dimensions and total BAI or BDI scores except weak correlations between harm avoidance or self-directedness and total BAI or BDI scores. Conclusion: In terms of personality trait, patients with chronic hepatitis B exhibit higher reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence from healthy population. The personality traits of patients should be considered during the management of hepatitis B in order to optimize treatment outcome and to prevent development of new mental health problems during the course of the disease.
- Subjects
ANXIETY diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; MENTAL illness prevention; AFFECT (Psychology); AVOIDANCE (Psychology); CHRONIC hepatitis B; DEPENDENCY (Psychology); PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-evaluation; SELF-perception; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSCENDENCE (Philosophy); TREATMENT effectiveness; SEVERITY of illness index; CASE-control method; PATIENTS' attitudes; PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
European Journal of General Medicine, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 3, p58
- ISSN
1304-3889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29333/ejgm/81887