Open AccessPersonality in patients with pituitary adenomas is characterized by increased anxiety-related traits: comparison of 70 acromegalic patients with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas and age- and gender-matched controls
Author(s) -
C Sievers,
Marcus Ising,
Hildegard Pfister,
Christina Dimopoulou,
Schneider Hj,
J Roemmler,
Jochen Schopohl,
GK Stalla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje-08-0896
Subject(s) - acromegaly , psychology , anxiety , novelty seeking , population , personality , medicine , neuroticism , harm avoidance , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , endocrinology , psychiatry , hormone , growth hormone , social psychology , environmental health
Although neuropsychiatric and morphological brain alterations in acromegalic patients have been described and a distinct disease personality is clinically suspected, this has never been systematically investigated. We examined whether patients with acromegaly showed an altered personality profile compared with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas and healthy controls.
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