The Objective Personality Characteristic of the Dry Eye Syndrome Patients.
- Author:
Dae Jin KIM
1
;
Hee Cheol PAE
;
Sang Kyung CHOI
;
Young An CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Korea Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Dry eye syndrome;
Hypochondriasis;
MMPI;
Psychasthenia
- MeSH:
Comprehension;
Depression;
Dry Eye Syndromes*;
Humans;
Hypochondriasis;
Hysteria;
MMPI;
Reference Values;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1999;40(9):2431-2437
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To investigate personality characteristic of dry eye patient, an investigation on objective personality characteristics of 41 dry eye syndrome patients was performed with MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). Of 41 patients tested, 14 (34.1%)patients had at least one MMPI clinical scale more than 70 point of T-score, abnormality greater than 70 point of T-score occurred most frequently in the scales for ypochondriasis, psychasthe-nia, depression, hysteria, social introversion.In the group profile study, mean T-scores on each clinical scale were within normal range, and the highest scales in rank order were hypochondriasis, depression, psychasthenia. In the relation between results of TBUT and Schirmer test and T-scores of each clinical scale, correlation coefficient is insignificantly low (r0.4). Therefore we recommend comprehension of their emotional condition and an additional psycholgical management with classical treatment as dry eye syndrome management.
