MMPI-2 profiles: fibromyalgia patients compared to epileptic and non-epileptic seizure patients.
We compared MMPI-2 profiles of Gulf War veterans with fibromyalgia (FM) to epileptic seizure (ES) patients, psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) patients, and Gulf War veteran healthy controls. Both PNES and FM are medically unexplained conditions. In previous MMPI-2 research PNES patients were shown to have significantly higher Hs and Hy clinical scales than ES patients. In the present research the FM group had significantly higher Hs and Hy scale scores than both the ES group and the healthy control group. There was no significant difference between the FM and PNES Hs scale scores; however, the FM Hy scale score was significantly lower than the PNES Hy scale score. Present findings indicate a high level of psychological distress in the FM group.
Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA. amy.johnson2@va.gov
Amy L
AL
Johnson
Daniel
D
Storzbach
Laurence M
LM
Binder
André
A
Barkhuizen
W
W
Kent Anger
Martin C
MC
Salinsky
Saw-Myo
SM
Tun
Diane S
DS
Rohlman
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D047830:Gulf War; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data