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Is personality involved in the expression of dysmenorrhea in patients with endometriosis?
H Gomibuchi1, Y Taketani, M Doi
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Objective:
To investigate whether a relationship exists between personality and expression of pain in women with endometriosis.
Study Design:
With use of the Rosenzweig picture frustration study, the personality of women with endometriosis was assessed. These results were then correlated with the manifestation of pain.
Results:
Women without dysmenorrhea tended to be less assertive compared with women who complained of dysmenorrhea and women without endometriosis. Those women without dysmenorrhea showed a destructive attitude in face of a problem.
Conclusions:
Personality affected the expression of pain. Pain caused by endometriosis was influenced by each personality type.