A case-control study on the temperament and Psychological mood of patients with chronic Hepatitis B
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Ebru Fındıklı 1 * , Selma Ateş 1, Bahar Kandemir 1, Mehmet Fatih Karaaslan 1, Mehmet Akif Camkurt 2, Filiz İzci 3, Yasemin Durduran 4, Selçuk Kardaş 1, Mehmet Bitirgen 1
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1 Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
2 Afsin Goverment Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
3 Bilim University, Medicine Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey
4 Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
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Abstract

Introduction:
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.

Material and Methods:
This was a case-control study in which 67 patients who had been under follow-up with diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B and 103 aged-matched 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.

Conclusions:
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.

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https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81887

EUR J GEN MED, 2017 - Volume 14 Issue 3, pp. 58-62

Publication date: 06 Aug 2017

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