Result of Multiphasic Personality Inventory on Pneumo- or Hemo-thorax : Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis of Military Candidate in Korea.
10.4306/jknpa.2016.55.4.467
- Author:
Min Choul AHN
1
;
Taehyun KIM
;
Jeong Seok SEO
;
Seok Woo MOON
;
Tae Ho KIM
;
Jungkeun OH
;
Beomwoo NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea. Psychiatry@kku.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pneumothorax;
Hemothorax;
Psychological distress;
Military Personality Inventory
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Chest Tubes;
Cross-Sectional Studies*;
Depression;
Education;
Healthy Volunteers;
Hemothorax;
Humans;
Korea*;
Male;
Military Personnel*;
Personality Disorders;
Personality Inventory*;
Pneumothorax;
Retrospective Studies*;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2016;55(4):467-471
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify associations between pneumo- or hemo-thorax presence and psychological distress in young males by using the Military Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MPI) test. METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on data from 19-year-old examinees that were admitted to the Military Manpower Administration in Korea between February 2009 and January 2010. A total of 1955 young males were enrolled in this study. Among them, a normal volunteer control group (n=1561) included individuals without a pneumo- or hemo-thorax. The pneumo- or hemo-thorax group (n=394) included individuals with a pneumo- or hemo-thorax. The latter group was divided into two subgroups : Group A (treated with conservative care or chest tube insertion, n=341) and Group B (treated with wedge resection, n=53). RESULTS: We compared each of three groups (Control group, Group A, Group B) by using covariance analysis. The somatization subscale score within the neurosis category was significantly higher in Group A (p<0.001) than in the Control group, and there was a tendency toward a higher somatization score in Group B than in the Control group (p=0.073). The other score categories (validity scale ; anxiety, depression, and personality disorder subscales for neurosis scale ; and psychopath scale) showed no significant differences among the three tested groups. CONCLUSION: Conservative care or chest tube insertion group was associated with higher somatization symptom scores than that in the control group. The wedge resection group had a tendency toward a higher somatization score than that in the control group. The result indicate that individuals with a history of pneumo- or hemo-thorax may be more concerned about their body shape and/or general condition than those without such a history. Supportive intervention and psychiatric education approaches may be useful in relieving somatic distress.
