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Psychological view of thyroid cancer and in hyperthyroid Graves’ patients - comparative exploration
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Abstract
Material and methods: We examined 50 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, 42 females (84.75%), 8 males aged from 32 to 64 yr. (x ± SD: 43 ± 8.17 yr.) and 50 hyperthyroid patients, 45 (90%) females and 5 (10%) males corresponding aged. We used the following methods: the EAS Temperament Survey (EASD) in addition for adults, EPQ Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Polish Abbreviated Form of the MMPI (DKO-74) and Beck’s Depression Scale. We compared the scores of thyroid cancer patients and hyprthyroid patients.
Results: We have interpreted obtained results in both groups as similarly in: mild sense depression, high emotional control, high social dependence, ambiverssion, mild level of emotional mental balance.
Conclusion: Results of our explorations appears great psychological similarity between differentiated thyroid patients and hyperthyroid patients.
Abstract
Material and methods: We examined 50 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, 42 females (84.75%), 8 males aged from 32 to 64 yr. (x ± SD: 43 ± 8.17 yr.) and 50 hyperthyroid patients, 45 (90%) females and 5 (10%) males corresponding aged. We used the following methods: the EAS Temperament Survey (EASD) in addition for adults, EPQ Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Polish Abbreviated Form of the MMPI (DKO-74) and Beck’s Depression Scale. We compared the scores of thyroid cancer patients and hyprthyroid patients.
Results: We have interpreted obtained results in both groups as similarly in: mild sense depression, high emotional control, high social dependence, ambiverssion, mild level of emotional mental balance.
Conclusion: Results of our explorations appears great psychological similarity between differentiated thyroid patients and hyperthyroid patients.
Keywords
thyroid cancer; hyperthyroid; psychological view
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Psychological view of thyroid cancer and in hyperthyroid Graves’ patients - comparative exploration
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619-624
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2006-11-29
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Endokrynol Pol 2006;57(6):619-624.
Keywords
thyroid cancer
hyperthyroid
psychological view
Authors
Izabela Warmuz-Stangierska
Agata Czarnywojtek
Katarzyna Ziemnicka
Maria Gryczyńska
Ryszard Stangierski
Jerzy Sowiński
