A Study on Stress and Personality Characteristics of the Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Patients.
- Author:
Seok Won KANG
1
;
Jong Seok PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Gachon College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Central serous chorioretinopathy;
Depression;
Hypochondriasis;
Hysteria;
LCU(Life Change Unit);
MMPI;
Stress scale
- MeSH:
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy*;
Climacteric;
Depression;
Humans;
Hypochondriasis;
Hysteria;
MMPI;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1999;40(4):1012-1019
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To investigate the relationship between psychological behavior and the development of central serous chorioretinopathy, we performed a study on stress and personality characteristics on 39 central serous chorioretinopathy patients and 38 healthy subjects as a control group. We used Life Change Inventory(MMPI) for personality characteristics. As a result, the mean stress scale in the patients group was significantly higher than in the normal control group(p<0.05) and the mean T-xcore of three neurotic scales such as hypochondriasis, depression and hysteria in the patients group were significantly higher than in the normal control group(p=0.029, 0.004, 0.012).
