title: [Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory of patients with allergic rhinitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and personality traits in nonpsychiatric population of allergic status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were assigned to the allergic (84 cases) or nonallergic health group (37 cases) on the basis of skin prick test (SPT) and allergic symptoms. The psychological aspects of subjects were assessed by using the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The allergic group scored higher than the nonallergic group on five clinical scales, hypochondriasis (Hs), depression (D), hysteria (Hy), hypomania (Ma), social introversion (Si), and one research scale manifest anxiety scale (Mas). The differences were significant (t value was respectively 2.169, 2.711, 2.010, 2.577, 2.390 and 2.196, all P < 0.05). In addition, the grade of resultant skin wheal was positively correlated with T scores on the Hs, Hy, psychopathic deviance (Pd) and psychasthenia (Pt). The r value was 0.366, 0.449, 0.345 and 0.355 respectively (all P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Subjects with AR show poorer psychological functioning, indicating the close relationship between AR and psychological status.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Luo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult