MMPI Profiles of Turkish Headache Sufferers
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.152-154, 1994 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 1994
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1994.hed3403152.x
- Dergi Adı: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.152-154
- Anahtar Kelimeler: MMPI, MIGRAINE, TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE, TURKISH POPULATION
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
SYNOPSIS The investigations of personality traits have been the issue of many studies on patients with headache. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most popular assessment instrument used in these studies. MMPI responses of 36 cases (14 male, 22 female) with tension headache and 44 cases (11 male, 33 female) with migraine headache had been compared with 36 nonheadache controls (12 male, 24 female). Because of the inadequate number of male subjects, the statistical analyses were made between female groups. The results obtained revealed that subjects in the tension‐type headache group got significantly higher scores on neurotic subtests (hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria) than subjects in the control group. Likewise, migraine subjects got significantly higher scores on hysteria subtest than control subjects. No significant differences were noted between migraine and tension groups. However, none of the headache groups could be characterized by marked elevations on any of the validity and clinical scales. These results, support the finding that neurotic symptoms occur with a higher frequency in headache sufferers. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved