title: [Personality characteristics in ulcer disease. A cohort study].
abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the direction of a possible relationship between peptic ulcer disease and personality disorders. A cohort study was carried out in Glostrup County, Denmark (population 100,000). A representative sample of 50-years old persons born in 1914 (n = 673) were followed for 20 years. All 673 filled in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in 1964 and 513 were retested with MMPI in 1974. The prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in 1964 was 7% and the average annual incidence in the period 1964-1984 was 2.1 per 1000 persons. The persons with incidental peptic ulcer in 1964-84 had normal MMPI scores in 1964, while persons with peptic ulcer in 1964 had a slight but statistically significant increase in one neuroticism scale (HS) only. The group with prevalent ulcer disease in 1974 exhibited statistically significant increases in the three neuroticism scales (HS, D, HY) and in scale Pd and scale Pt at MMPI retesting. In addition they had statistically significantly higher scores in the three neuroticism scales compared with the other persons who still had normal scores in all scales. It is concluded that personality disorders in persons with peptic ulcer are consequences of the disease and not causal factors.
authors.affiliation: Befolkningsundersøgelserne i Glostrup.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jess
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D015995:Prevalence
vernacular_title: Personlighedskarakteristika ved ulcussygdommen. En kohorteundersøgelse.