Type D personality, anxiety, depression and personality traits in patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal.

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated type D personality, anxiety, depression and personality traits in patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal. METHOD: A hundred consecutive out-patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal and 100 controls were enrolled in the study. The Type D Scale, the abbreviated form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used for data collection. Patients were also evaluated using the Modified Itch Severity Scale. RESULTS: In all, 43 per cent of patients and 15 per cent of controls met the criteria for a type D personality. Patients with a type D personality had higher anxiety and itching severity but lower extraversion compared with those without a type D personality. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that extraversion and type D personality were independently associated with itch severity. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that clinicians should consider psychological and personality features when evaluating and treating patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal.

The effect of radiofrequency ablation treatment on quality of life and anxiety in patients with supraventricular tachycardia.

AIM: Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) has been shown to be associated with poor outcome in psychological status and quality of life. This study aimed to assess the quality-of-life and anxiety in patients with PSVT and to investigate the influence of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment on these parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty patients with newly diagnosed PSVT with electrophysiologic study and treated with RFA, were enrolled in the study and 50 healthy age-and sex-matched individuals. The brief version of World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale and the state-trait anxiety inventory were administered to controls and all patients before and three months after the RFA procedure. RESULTS: At baseline, in comparison with the control group, the patients with PSVT exhibited greater anxiety average scores (p < 0.05). After RFA procedure, the patients with PSVT exhibited significant improvement in anxiety, quality of life and health satisfaction scores. Statistically significant difference between the controls and the patients in respect to state and trait anxiety average scores disappeared after treatment (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, normalization of anxiety and quality of life is associated with RFA treatment for patients with PSVT. This finding need to be confirmed by larger scale clinical trials with long-term quality of life follow-up in higher number of patients.

Prevalencia de pie diabetico en pacientes internados en el servicio de clinica medica-hospital central del instituto de previsiòn social en el periodo de enero a diciembre del 2009 / Prevalence of diabetic foot in patients of the service medical clinic-hospital central ips in the period from january to december 2009

El pie diabètico es la complicaciòn crònica de la diabetes mellitus con mayores implicaciones econòmicas y sobre la calidad de vida de los pacientes..