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KMID : 0370919990160020244
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Yeungnam Univercity Journal of Medicine
1999 Volume.16 No. 2 p.244 ~ p.254
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An Investigation of Psychological Factors in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia
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Kim Jin-Sung
Bai Dai-Seg
Lee Kwang-Hun
Suh Jeong-Ill
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Abstract
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Objectives:This study investigated the psychological characteristics of patients with functional dyspepsia.
Methods: The subjects included ninety patients with functional dyspepsia and sixty four psychiatric out-patients. We
administered
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI) and Illness Behavior Questionnaire(IBQ).
Results: There were no significant differences between the patients with functional dyspepsia and the psychiatric out-patients by MMPI. Two groups both showed a higher distribution in hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria subscales than in any other subscales. The patients with functional dyspepsia showed lower scores in disease conviction and affective disturbance subscales in IBQ than the psychiatric out-patients with functional dyspepsia and the psychiatric out-patients. The patients with functional dyspepsia were divided into three groups for the multivariate cluster analysis: normal, similar to psychiatric out-patient, and severe neurotic. The severe neurotic group showed higher scores in hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychathenia, and schizophrenia subscales in MMPI and showed significant different scores in affective disturbance, disease conviction, psychological and somatic concerns, affective disturbance, denial, and irritability subscales in IBQ.
Conclusion: If patient with functional dyspepsia show severe neurotic behavior, such as those in, they would need appropriate psychiatric intervention.
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KEYWORD
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Functional dyspepsia, MMPI, Illness behavior,
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