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M innesota M ultiphasic P ersonality I nventory profile in patients with restless legs syndrome
Author(s) -
Turkel Yakup,
Oguzturk Omer,
Dag Ersel,
Buturak S. Visal,
Ekici Mehmet S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/appy.12151
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , restless legs syndrome , personality , neurology , depression (economics) , hysteria , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Restless legs syndrome ( RLS ) is associated with psychiatric disorders. We aim to investigate the personality traits of RLS patients using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Methods Twenty adult patients with RLS (14 females and 6 males) and 20 healthy controls (14 females and 6 males) who were referred to university neurology were enrolled in the present study. Diagnosis of RLS was established using I nternational R estless L egs S yndrome S tudy G roup. Psychometric evaluation was made with the Turkish version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results RLS patients have significantly higher absolute and clinical elevation scores on hypochondriasis and hysteria, and clinical elevation scores on psychasthenia, compared with the controls. Absolute scores on depression were higher at the border in RLS patients compared with the controls. Discussion RLS patients have hypochondriac, hysterical, depressive, and anxious personality traits.