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Andrzej Witusik1, Lukasz Mokros2, Piotr Kuna3
1Department of Psychology, Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Social Science in Piotrkow Trybunalski Branch, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland.
Introduction:
Asthma is a disease of a psychosomatic nature. The control of asthma is still poor in approximately 5% of patients, despite introduction of modern inhalant drugs and psychotherapeutic interventions.
Aim:
To evaluate whether the degree of bronchial asthma control is related to the characteristics of temperament according to Eysenck's concept.
Material And Methods:
The study was conducted on a group of 111 bronchial asthma patients and 44 healthy subjects. In all of them, the Eysenck temperament questionnaire was administered and the level of asthma control was determined.
Results:
Increase in the scale of neuroticism was associated with an 1.83-fold increase in the likelihood of poor asthma control. Increase in the result on the psychoticism scale and lie scale of about one point was associated with a slightly smaller increased risk of poor asthma control (respectively: 1.49-fold and 1.61-fold).
Conclusions:
The structure of temperament of a person with poor control of bronchial asthma can be characterized. Patients with poor asthma control have a higher level of neuroticism, psychoticism and propensity to lie, compared with the healthy population and subjects with good or partial bronchial asthma control.
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