The Relationship between Mental Disorders and Personality of Outpatients in a Psychiatric Clinic in Nanjing, China

Psychosis has increasingly become a social problem,emphasizing the need to understand the relationship between mental disorders and personality.This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental disorders and personality among psychiatric outpatients based on real-world data.Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ)were used to evaluate the personality and psychopathological symptoms of patients(n=8409)in the Psychiatric Outpatient Department at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital.t-test was used to compare scores between patients and national norms.Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis were used to explore the relationship between mental health status and personality.The correlation coefficient between the neuroticism(N)score and each factor score of the SCL-90 test,as well as the correlation between psychoticism(P)and hostility and paranoia,exceeded 0.4.Path analysis revealed that the standardized path coefficients of N score and SCL-90 were all higher than 0.4.In addition,the standardized path coefficient of hostility and paranoia on P score were 0.313 and 0.280,respectively.Interpersonal sensitivity,depression and obsessive-compulsive symptoms were affected by extraversion(E)score,with standardized path coefficients of-0.149,-0.138,and-0.105,respectively.The path analysis also showed the direct and indirect effects of age,gender,education,and marital status on SCL-90.Patients characterized as melancholic had higher scores in all factors of SCL-90.In conclusion,mental health was related to personality traits of neuroticism,psychoticism and introversion.

腹泻型肠易激综合征患者心理健康状况分析

目的探讨陆军官兵腹泻型肠易激综合征(Irritable bowel syndrom,IBS)患者的心理健康状况、心理社会因素、应对方式及相关因素。方法对72例腹泻型IBS患者进行症状自评量表(SCL-90)、抑郁自评量表(SDS)、焦虑自评量表(SAS)、应对方式问卷和一般情况调查分析。结果72例腹泻型IBS患者的SCL-90总均分与中国常模均分比较有显著性差异(P<0.01),总均分≥2.0分占84.72%,总均分≥3分占34.72%。焦虑自评量表20项总分均值与中国正常人常模相比有显著性差异(P<0.01)。应对方式以消极应对为主。多因素分析结果表明,与腹泻型IBS明显相关的因素是部职别、军龄、一年内是否有心理应激事件、自感精神紧张等。结论陆军官兵腹泻型IBS患者的心理健康状况令人担忧,其发生发展与社会心理因素、应对方式密切相关,因此陆军官兵腹泻型IBS的治疗要兼顾患者的生物和心理社会两个方面,加强心理治疗和精神药物治疗。

A Simultaneous Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Egyptian Patients: Dietary, Psychiatric, Microbiologic and Autonomic Aspects

Background and Aim: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common medical disorder that may be severe enough to impair the quality of life. This study aimed to assess the role of each of dietary, psychiatric, autonomic, and microbiology background and their interactions in Egyptian patients with IBS. Patients and Methods: Forty adult patients diagnosed with IBS, equally divided into 2 groups the diarrhea predominant and the constipation predominant, were recruited from the Endoscopy Unit. Dietary assessment was done by monthly food frequency questionnaire. Psychiatric assessment was done by both the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-90). Microbiologic evaluation was done by faecal cultures and neurophysiologic autonomic evaluation was done via the sympathetic skin response and the parasympathetic R-R interval variation. Another 20 healthy subjects were included as control group. Results: All IBS patients were young, with significant female predominance (P = 0.007), particularly in IBS-C group (20/20;100%, P = 0.003). Psychologically, abnormal scores of neuroticism, extraversion and criminality, and depression, obsessive compulsion, somatization, sensitivity and anxiety in both IBS groups with particularly extraversion, criminality and depression were significantly higher in constipation subtype. Microbiologically, Bacteroids were significantly related to IBS, while Klebsiella was significantly deficient without significant difference between its groups. On the contrary, neither diet nor autonomic activity showed any significant relation. Conclusions: IBS is a disorder induced by many factors and affected by several interacting agents, thus revealing controversial results when studied simultaneously.

十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士心理应激现状调查

目的探讨十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士心理应激现状及其影响因素。方法采用便利抽样的方法,选取2020年2-3月在十堰市城区新冠肺炎集中隔离病区参加救治任务的202名护士作为研究对象。运用自编一般资料调查表和症状自评量表(SCL-90)对其进行问卷调查。结果十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士SCL-90总得分为(113.58±30.36)分,各维度得分分别为躯体化(15.57±4.89)分、强迫(14.36±4.97)分、人际敏感(11.07±3.65)分、抑郁(15.04±4.89)分、焦虑(12.56±3.86)分、敌对(7.03±2.08)分、恐怖(8.01±2.13)分、偏执(6.89±1.98)分、精神病性(11.44±2.98)分、其他(10.40±3.65)分。单因素分析显示,性别、工龄、是否有亲朋好友感染以及进入隔离病房的时间是十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士SCL-90得分的影响因素(均P<0.05)。多元逐步回归结果显示,性别和是否有亲朋好友感染是十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士SCL-90得分的主要影响因素(均P<0.05)。结论十堰市城区新型冠状病毒肺炎救治病房护士心理健康状况整体良好。护理管理者应采取针对性措施以缓解女护士以及有亲朋好友感染新冠肺炎护士的心理健康状况。