[Psychological view of thyroid cancer and in hyperthyroid Graves' patients - comparative exploration].
BACKGROUND
The aim of study was the evaluation of association between psychometric factors in patients with thyroid cancer and in Graves' hyperthyroid patients.


METHODS
We examined 50 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, 42 females (84.75%), 8 males aged from 32 to 64 yr. (x +/- SD: 43 +/- 8.17 yr.) and 50 hyperthyroid patients, 45 (90%) females and 5 (10%) males corresponding aged. We used the following methods: the EAS Temperament Survey (EASD) in addition for adults, EPQ Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Polish Abbreviated Form of the MMPI (DKO-74) and Beck's Depression Scale. We compared the scores of thyroid cancer patients and hyperthyroid patients.


RESULTS
We have interpreted obtained results in both groups as similarly in: mild sense depression, high emotional control, high social dependence, ambiverssion, mild level of emotional mental balance.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of our explorations appears great psychological similarity between differentiated thyroid patients and hyperthyroid patients.
Warmuz-Stangierska
Izabela
I
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Science, Poznan. izabelastangierska@wp.pl
Czarnywojtek
Agata
A
Ziemnicka
Katarzyna
K
Gryczyńska
Maria
M
Stangierski
Ryszard
R
Sowiński
Jerzy
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*