ABSTRACT
Background: inflammatory bowel diseases [IBDs], including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are chronic and debilitating conditions that their prevalence are growing. These diseases have association with psycho-cognitive factors. This study aimed to evaluate the personality traits of such patients by applying the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Questionnaire
Materials and Methods: we included 100 patients with biopsy proven IBD in this case control study. 100 individuals [57 subjects of the patients' family members and 43 subjects of non-family members] were considered as controls. We applied MMPI 2RF to evaluate the personality traits of the participants. ANOVA was used to compare the mean scales between the three groups
Results: of this fifty scale-questionnaire, only the scales of emotional inadequacy [mean = 59.83 +/- 10.42, p = 0.047], demoralization [mean = 63.00 +/- 11.21, p = 0.025], malaise [mean = 64.99 +/- 14.58, p = 0.001], cognitive complaints [mean = 64.66 +/- 15.25, p = 0.008], self-doubt [mean = 57.55 11.04, p = 0.34], and neuroticism [mean = 61.43 +/- 11.94, p = 0.048] had a significant difference between the three groups
Conclusion: the patients with IBD had a higher scales of emotional inadequacy, demoralization, malaise, cognitive complaints, self-doubt, and neuroticism than the controls of non-family and family members. However the differences were significant only between patients with IBD and their non-family controls. We suggest regular psychological and psychiatric counseling for patients with IBD
ABSTRACT
The aim was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the persian version of Yale-Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale [Y-BOCS]. The sum of 140 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD] and 30 individual participants without OCD were selected via convenient sampling as experimental and control groups respectively. Data gathering was done using Y-BOCS, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV axis-I disorders [SCID-I] and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms [SCL-90-R-OCS]. Reliability coefficients were calculated by Cronbach's alpha, split-half, and test-retest reliability. For validity assessment, concurrent criterion-related validity in correlation with SCID-I and SCL-90-R-OCS, and construct validity [exploratory factor analysis] were executed. In order to normalize the Y-BOCS after insuring that the distribution is normal and does not have kurtosis and skewness, mean and standard deviation were used as the most appropriate central tendencies and deviation. Optimal levels of internal consistency scores [symptom checklist 0.97, severity scale 0.95] split-half reliability [symptom checklist 0.93, severity scale 0.89], and test-retest reliability [0.99] were calculated. Concurrent reliability were examined and established by correlating the Y-BOCS with the SCL-90-R-OCS and SCID-I. Exploratory factor analysis was also examined, which indicated three factors for symptom checklist scale and two factors for symptom severity scale. Cutoff point value [9] was also determined. The results supported satisfactory validity and reliability of translated form of Yale-brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for research and clinical diagnostic applications