Astım Hastalarında Mizaç, Karakter Özellikleri ve Aleksitimi; Bir Üniversite Hastanesi Örneği

Abstract

Amaç: Astım ve psikolojik faktörler arasındaki ilişki çok eski zamanlardan bu yana ilgi çeken bir konudur. Bununla ilgili birçok araştırma yapılmasına rağmen halihazırda astım hastalarının mizaç ve karakter özellikleri hakkında literatür bilgisi sınırlıdır. Biz çalışmamızda astım hastalarında mizaç, karakter ve aleksitimik özellikleri araştırmayı amaçladık.
Yöntem: Çalışmaya astım tanısı alan 38 hasta ve 35 sağlıklı gönüllü katılmıştır, tüm katılımcılara sosyodemografik veri formu, “Mizaç ve Karakter Envanteri “(MKE) ve “Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği” (TAÖ) uygulanmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmamızda Astım tanısı alan 38 kişinin yaş ortalaması 40.9 ± 15.9, sağlıklı gönüllülerin yaş ortalaması 37.3 ± 14.3 olarak bulunmuştur. Astım grubu 29 kadın, 9 erkek, sağlıklı grup 19 kadın, 16 erkekten oluşmuştur. Astım hastalarında MKE’ye göre “zarardan kaçınma”, “tutumluluk”, “duygusal hassasiyet” ve “kişilerarası özdeşleşme” puanları kontrol grubuna göre daha yüksektir, farklılık istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur (p <0.05). Aleksitimi açısından gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılık saptanmamıştır (p> 0.05).
Sonuç: Çalışmamız astım hastaları ile sağlıklı gönüllüler arasında karakter ve mizaç özellikleri bakımından farklılıklar olduğunu, aleksitimi düzeyleri açısından ise fark olmadığını göstermiştir. Bu farklılıkların nedenleri ve bu özelliklerin hastalık seyri üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendirebilmek için daha fazla çalışmaya ihtiyaç vardır.

Keywords

• Astım
• Kişilik
• Mizaç
• Karakter

Temperament, Character Traits and Alexithymia in Patients with Asthma; A University Hospital Sample

Abstract

Background: The relationship between psychological factors and asthma has received attention since very early times. However, there’s a lack of knowledge about the temperament and character features of asthma patients. We aimed to assess if there are specific personality traits in asthma patients.
Methods: Thirty-eight patients with asthma and thirty-five healthy individuals were enrolled in the study. The sociodemographic data form and Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) were applied to all participants.
Results: The mean age was 40.9 ± 15.9 in the asthma group (52.1%) and 37.3 ± 14.3 in the control group (47.9%). There were 29 females and 9 males in asthma group, 19 females and 16 males in control group. In analysis of temperament and character subscales, the scores of harm avoidance, frugality, sentimentality and transpersonal identification were higher in asthma patients than the control group; the differences were statistically significant (p<0.05). There were no significant differences between the groups for alexithymia (p>0.05).
Conclusions: Our study showed that there were character and temperament differences between asthma patients and healthy group. There were no differences for alexithymia between the groups. Further studies are needed to evaluate the causes of differences and the impacts of traits on disease course.

Keywords

• Asthma
• Personality
• Temperament
• Character

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