title: [Temperament evaluation of patients with central serous retinopathy, preliminary report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess differences in temperament in patients with central serous retinopathy and healthy subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  20 patients diagnosed with acute central serous retinopathy was put to the questionnaire: Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lower scores in novelty seeking (NS) (t = -2.43; p < 0.05) scale and its NS2 (t = -2.12; p < 0.05), and NS3 (t = -2.66; p < 0.05) subscales, as well as higher scores in harm avoidance HA4 subscale in CSR patients, were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a different profile, regarding temperament and character in patients with central serous retinopathy, as compared to healthy subjects.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistycznego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego im. L. Rydygiera w Toruniu.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lesiewska-Junk
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaracz
authors.forename: Marzenna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brozek-Pestka
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borkowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament