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Personality features ina sample of psychophysiological insomnia patients
Carvalho, Luciane Bizari Coin de; Lopes, Eliane Aversa; Silva, Luciana; Almeida, Marilaine Medeiros de; Silva, Tatiana Almeida e; Neves, Afonso Carlos; Prado, Lucila Bizari Fernandes do; Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do.
  • Carvalho, Luciane Bizari Coin de; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Lopes, Eliane Aversa; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Emergency Medicine. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Silva, Luciana; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Emergency Medicine. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Almeida, Marilaine Medeiros de; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Emergency Medicine. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Silva, Tatiana Almeida e; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Emergency Medicine. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Neves, Afonso Carlos; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Neurology. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Prado, Lucila Bizari Fernandes do; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Neurology. Säo Paulo. BR
  • Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do; Federal University of Säo Paulo. Department of Neurology. Center for Clinic and Science of Sleep. Department of Neurology. Säo Paulo. BR
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 61(3A): 588-590, Sept. 2003. tab
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-345772
ABSTRACT
The personality is the way people express themselves inside the environment they live. Sleep, quality or quantity, is a way of this physical and psychological expression of well being. Psychological factors, associated with psychophysiological insomnia (PPI) suggest an exaggerated perception of the difficulties to fall asleep. Worries, anxiety and the fear of not sleeping produce a bad sleep quality or sleep misperception. This study aims to identify personality features associated with PPI throughout Rorschach test (RT).

METHOD:

We studied 32 patients with PPI (22 women), between 29 and 75 years old. We excluded patients with other sleeping or psychiatric disorders. We analysed the data from PPI patients submitted to the RT and we compared our results with the standard data.

RESULTS:

We noticed a significant increase in global answers and a significant decrease in detailed answers; a trend of a low number of answers; great number of shape and animal answers, especially for women.

CONCLUSION:

The features of the PPI patient's personality were daily problems insecure and the incapability to avoid or remove them from their thought, making bedtime a time for worries to appear again and motivate insomnia
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Trastornos del Inicio y del Mantenimiento del Sueño Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglés Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Asunto de la revista: Neurología / Psiquiatria Año: 2003 Tipo del documento: Artículo / Documento de proyecto País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Federal University of Säo Paulo/BR

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Trastornos del Inicio y del Mantenimiento del Sueño Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Inglés Revista: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Asunto de la revista: Neurología / Psiquiatria Año: 2003 Tipo del documento: Artículo / Documento de proyecto País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Federal University of Säo Paulo/BR