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Anxiety* ; Hypochondriasis*

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Ego* ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis*

The measurement of gastric emptying time is useful in differentiation of the hypochondriacal neurosis from the functional gastrointestinal disturbance, and also useful in searching the hidden gastro-intestinal disease in patients who are believed as the functional gastrointestinal disturbance. We confirmed in this study that the more delayed gastric emptying time was measured in functional gastrointestinal disturbance compared to normal group, and more shortened gastric emptying time was found after treatment with dopamine antagonist (cleboril) in this group.
Dopamine ; Gastric Emptying* ; Gastrointestinal Diseases* ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis

This study examined the characteristics of people who have preference for complementary medicine and also the psychosocial factors that are related to the selection of complementary medicine. Two-hunred subjects recruited from the community were included in this study. Demographic variables, medical service characteristics, health locus of control, social support, coping style, and personality charateritics such as self-esteem, neuroticism, and hypochondriasis were measured. It turned out that nearly 80% of the subjects had already experienced at least one alternative therapy in the past. However, past expeiece was not significant in predicting future complementary medicine usage. People who were older in age, had more information about complementary medicine, used active-behavioural coping styles, and had internal locus of control were more likely to use complementary medicine in the future. Recommenations for furthur research is indicated.
Complementary Therapies* ; Hypochondriasis ; Internal-External Control ; Psychology

OBJECTIVE: Health anxiety can be defined by concern about health in the absence of a pathology. The Health Anxiety Questionnaire (HAQ) based on the cognitive-behavioral model can be useful for evaluating the severity and the structure of health anxiety. This study aims to verify the reliability and validity of Korean version of HAQ (K-HAQ). METHODS: For reliability, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were analyzed. For construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to identify the optimal cut-off score. RESULTS: Cronbach’s alpha was 0.92, and r value of test-retest reliability was 0.84. In the EFA, 4- and 5-factor model showed cumulative percentile of variance of 60% or more. In the CFA, the 4-factor model was found to be the most appropriate and simplest (χ²=397.33, df=187, CFI=0.909, TLI=0.888, RMSEA=0.077). In the ROC analysis, the cut-off score was 20 points. CONCLUSION: It is expected that K-HAQ can be helpful to evaluate the severity of health anxiety and make therapeutic plans because K-HAQ can help explore the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral structure of health anxiety by each factor.
Anxiety* ; Hypochondriasis ; Pathology ; Reproducibility of Results* ; ROC Curve

Trichoptilosis is a longitudinal splitting or fraying of the distal end of the hair caused by cumulative physical and/or chemical effects on the hair shaft. We present three cases of trichoptilosis patients complaining of alopecia, two cases with the scalp hairs and one case with the pubic hairs. One of the two scalp hair cases showed the hair shaft disorder as a part of a Tourette's syndrome and the other case was caused by scalp pruritus. The patient with pubic hair involvement showed hypochondriasis on his genital area. The cases were thought to be a good example showing the stereotypic change of the hair shaft in various different underlying diseases of the affected patients.
Alopecia ; Hair ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Pruritus ; Scalp ; Tourette Syndrome

Onychotillomania, named by Alkiewicz, is a rare psychocutaneous disorder of the nails, and various psychological factors predispose the development of this condition. There has been no report of onychotillomania in Korea. We herein report two cases of onychotillomania seen in the nail clinic of our outpatient department. The first case was a 72 year old woman, who presented with a varying degree of dystrophic change to the first, second and third toenails on her right foot. She had a history of a depressive disorder and hypochondriasis. The second case was a 70 year old woman, who presented with complete destruction of the big toenail on her right foot, plus the 3rd and 4th fingernails of her right hand.
Aged ; Depressive Disorder ; Female ; Foot ; Hand ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Korea ; Nails ; Outpatients ; Psychology

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.
Comprehension ; Depression ; Dry Eye Syndromes* ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Hysteria ; MMPI ; Reference Values ; Weights and Measures

A study on objective personality characteristics of 41 central serous chorioretinopathy patients was performed to investigate the etiologic relationship of psychological behaviors about the central serous chorioretinopathy. Fourty-one healthy subjects were used as a control group. Authors used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) which consisted of 4 validity scales and 10 clinical scales. Three neurotic scales of hypochondriasis, depression and hysteria in the atients group were significantly higher than in the normal control group even though the mean scores on each clinical scale were within normal ranges in both groups.
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy* ; Depression ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Hysteria ; MMPI ; Reference Values ; Weights and Measures

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).
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy* ; Climacteric ; Depression ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Hysteria ; MMPI ; Weights and Measures