title: [Psychometric evaluations in a group of obese patients].
abstract: Several reported cases point out significant alterations in the psychologic profile of obese subjects and the utility of a psychotherapeutic support to the dietetic or pharmacological therapy. Each patient underwent a psychodiagnostic interview and the following rating-scales were applied: QPF (Psychophysiological Test); STAI X-1 and X-2 (State and Trait Anxiety Inventory); Hamilton-D (Depression); ZUNG (Self-administered Depression Test); TSR (Reaction Schemes Test). We observed an increase in the answer of the blocked projection (in the 40% of subjects), of negation (26.6%), of guilt (13.3%), a decrease in the projection answer (33.3%), high scores of QPF (21%). The STAI, the Hamilton, and the Zung were altered in the 10% of the examined subjects. Our data emphasize the importance of an individual psychotherapeutic support in a subgroup of obese subjects.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardizzone
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Novi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamberto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Francesetti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Podio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meluzzi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Molinatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics
vernacular_title: Valutazioni psicometriche in un gruppo di pazienti obesi.