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AIMS: To evaluate the temperament and quality of life (QoL) of patients with PCOS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-three adult patients with PCOS and 38 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Demographic characteristics including age, education and body mass index (BMI) were recorded. Affective temperaments were assessed by the temperament evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A) scale. The general health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument used in this study was short Form 36. Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) were also performed. RESULTS: The patients with PCOS had significantly higher rates of depressive, anxious and hyperthymic scores compared to controls. The PCOS patients had significantly lower mean SF-36 health summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: TEMPS-A seems to be an easy and reliable test to evaluate temperament in PCOS patients.
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Ansiedad/epidemiología , Trastorno Ciclotímico/epidemiología , Depresión/epidemiología , Genio Irritable , Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico/epidemiología , Calidad de Vida , Temperamento , Adolescente , Adulto , Ansiedad/etnología , Comorbilidad , Costo de Enfermedad , Trastorno Ciclotímico/etnología , Depresión/etnología , Femenino , Humanos , Inventario de Personalidad , Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico/etnología , Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico/psicología , Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica , Autoinforme , Turquía , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is associated with psychiatric disorders. We aim to investigate the personality traits of RLS patients using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. METHODS: Twenty adult patients with RLS (14 females and 6 males) and 20 healthy controls (14 females and 6 males) who were referred to university neurology were enrolled in the present study. Diagnosis of RLS was established using International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Psychometric evaluation was made with the Turkish version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. RESULTS: RLS patients have significantly higher absolute and clinical elevation scores on hypochondriasis and hysteria, and clinical elevation scores on psychasthenia, compared with the controls. Absolute scores on depression were higher at the border in RLS patients compared with the controls. DISCUSSION: RLS patients have hypochondriac, hysterical, depressive, and anxious personality traits.