The relationship between psychosomatic factors and orthostatic dysregulation in young men.
We carried out a questionnaire survey regarding symptoms of orthostatic dysregulation and administered the Japanese Edition of the Cornell Medical Index-Health Questionnaire (JCMI) and the Yatabe-Guilford Personality Test (Y-G test) to 151 male medical students (mean age, 24.6 yr). Orthostatic dysregulation was identified in 19 (12.5%) of the subjects based on the questionnaire results. The percentage classed as types III (possible neurotic) and IV (probable neurotic) according to the health questionnaire was 47.3% in the 19 with orthostatic dysregulation and 8.9% in the controls (n = 78). The percentage classed as types B and E, suggestive of emotional or psychological disturbance according to the personality test, was 42.1% in those with orthostatic dysregulation and 8.9% in the controls. These differences were significant (P < 0.01). These results suggest that psychosomatic factors influence the occurrence of orthostatic dysregulation in young men.
Nozawa
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I
Department of Otolaryngology, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho-cho, Nakakoma-gun, Japan.
Imamura
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S
Fujimori
I
I
Hashimoto
K
K
Nakayama
H
H
Hisamatsu
K
K
Murakami
Y
Y
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