J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2016 Nov;55(4):467-471. 10.4306/jknpa.2016.55.4.467.

Result of Multiphasic Personality Inventory on Pneumo- or Hemo-thorax : Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis of Military Candidate in Korea

• Ahn MC
• Kim T
• Seo JS
• Moon SW
• Kim TH
• Oh J
• Nam B

• KMID: 2361236
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2016.55.4.467

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to identify associations between pneumo- or hemo-thorax presence and psychological distress in young males by using the Military Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MPI) test.
METHODS
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on data from 19-year-old examinees that were admitted to the Military Manpower Administration in Korea between February 2009 and January 2010. A total of 1955 young males were enrolled in this study. Among them, a normal volunteer control group (n=1561) included individuals without a pneumo- or hemo-thorax. The pneumo- or hemo-thorax group (n=394) included individuals with a pneumo- or hemo-thorax. The latter group was divided into two subgroups : Group A (treated with conservative care or chest tube insertion, n=341) and Group B (treated with wedge resection, n=53).
RESULTS
We compared each of three groups (Control group, Group A, Group B) by using covariance analysis. The somatization subscale score within the neurosis category was significantly higher in Group A (p<0.001) than in the Control group, and there was a tendency toward a higher somatization score in Group B than in the Control group (p=0.073). The other score categories (validity scale ; anxiety, depression, and personality disorder subscales for neurosis scale ; and psychopath scale) showed no significant differences among the three tested groups.
CONCLUSION
Conservative care or chest tube insertion group was associated with higher somatization symptom scores than that in the control group. The wedge resection group had a tendency toward a higher somatization score than that in the control group. The result indicate that individuals with a history of pneumo- or hemo-thorax may be more concerned about their body shape and/or general condition than those without such a history. Supportive intervention and psychiatric education approaches may be useful in relieving somatic distress.

Keyword

Pneumothorax; Hemothorax; Psychological distress; Military Personality Inventory

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Chest Tubes
Cross-Sectional Studies*
Depression
Education
Healthy Volunteers
Hemothorax
Humans
Korea*
Male
Military Personnel*
Personality Disorders
Personality Inventory*
Pneumothorax
Retrospective Studies*
Young Adult

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