The correlation between dimensions of personality and results of therapy in patients with the primary Raynaud’s phenomenon
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2011, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
The Raynaud’s phenomenon is a paroxysmal vasoconstriction of peripheral arterioles in hands, more rarely feet, ears, tongue or mamma. The origin and pathomechanism of the disease is not thoroughly explored, however excessive mental excitation (stress) and cold are considered to be the main causes of the primary Raynaud’s phenomenon.The objective of this research was to investigate whether there exist a correlation between the personality dimensions and the results of the therapy among the patients with the primary Raynaud‘s phenomenon. The group of 60 patients of Dermatology Clinic of Warsaw Medical University, diagnosed with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon, took part in this research. Patients underwent the pharmacological therapy and the proper therapy consisting of relaxation, sessions of sauna and IR, both lasted 24 weeks. Subjects’ personality was evaluated with the use of Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). Investigation covered the correlation research between dimensions of the personality and following features: changes in the capillary circulation, level of anxiety, pain and sweating, efficiency of pharmacological therapy, efficiency of the proper therapy and frequency of the symptom’s recurrence. Results of the conducted research allowed to assume that the interdisciplinary approach to health problems of patients with the primary Raynaud phenomenon is necessary.
Authors and Affiliations
Aneta Dąbek, Dariusz Boguszewski, Janusz Domaniecki
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