title: Type D personality, anxiety, depression and personality traits in patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated type D personality, anxiety, depression and personality traits in patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal.
  
  
  METHODS
  A hundred consecutive out-patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal and 100 controls were enrolled in the study. The Type D Scale, the abbreviated form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used for data collection. Patients were also evaluated using the Modified Itch Severity Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 43 per cent of patients and 15 per cent of controls met the criteria for a type D personality. Patients with a type D personality had higher anxiety and itching severity but lower extraversion compared with those without a type D personality. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that extraversion and type D personality were independently associated with itch severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest that clinicians should consider psychological and personality features when evaluating and treating patients with isolated itching of the external auditory canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Dicle University School of Medicine,Diyarbakir,Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry,Akdeniz University School of Medicine,Antalya,Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canan
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Dicle University School of Medicine,Diyarbakir,Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Şengül
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Dicle University School of Medicine,Diyarbakir,Turkey.
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Özkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Dicle University School of Medicine,Diyarbakir,Turkey.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Tuna
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Dicle University School of Medicine,Diyarbakir,Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D004424:Ear Canal; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D064415:Type D Personality
keywords: Anxiety; Depression; External Ear Canal; Extraversion (Psychology); Pruritus; Type D Personality