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Temperament profile in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy: a case-control study
Malgorzata Piskunowicz1, Marcin Jaracz, Hanna Lesiewska
11 Clinical Neuropsychology Department and Unit, The Nicolaus Copernicus University, The Ludwik Rydygier's Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz - Poland.
Purpose:
To assess temperament in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) compared to healthy controls.
Methods:
A total of 32 patients diagnosed with acute CSCR and 30 healthy controls matched by age and sex were assessed with the self-report Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory. Central serous chorioretinopathy was diagnosed based on fluorescein angiography and spectral optical coherence tomography.
Results:
Significantly higher mean scores of harm avoidance in patients with CSCR were found. Differences also were noted in subscales of novelty-seeking and reward dependence.
Conclusions:
The patients with CSCR demonstrated less exploratory behaviors, higher risk avoidance, restraint, and low extravagance. They were more quick-tempered, disorganized, and easily frustrated, with a tendency to avoid negative and potentially harmful stimuli, less tolerance to frustration, higher level of insecurity, and higher level of anticipatory anxiety.
