title: The impact of primary spontaneous pneumothorax on multiphasic personal inventory test results in young South Korean males.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Few reports have documented psychopathological abnormalities in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). We analyzed the results of a multiphasic personal inventory test to investigate the psychopathologic impact of PSP in young Korean males.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors reviewed the results of a Korean military multiphasic personal inventory (KMPI) administered to military conscripts in South Korea. A total of 234 young males participated in this study. The normal volunteer group (n=175) comprised individuals who did not have any lung disease. The PSP group (n=59) included individuals with PSP. None of the examinees had any psychological problems. The KMPI results of both groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were more abnormal responses in the PSP group (17.0%) than the normal volunteer group (9.1%, p=0.002). The anxiety scale and depression scale scores of the neurosis category were greater for the PSP group than the normal group (p=0.039 and 0.014, respectively). The personality disorder and paranoia scale scores of the psychopathy category were greater for the PSP group than the normal group (p=0.007 and 0.018, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Young males with PSP may have greater tendencies to suffer from anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and paranoia compared to normal individuals. Clinicians should be advised to evaluate the psychopathological aspects of patients with PSP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Kyoung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Seung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Chang Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Seol Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: Tae Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult