Psychological Factors Related to Results of Subtotal Gastrectomy

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Summary An investigation was made of the relationship of some psychological factors to the results of subtotal gastric resection. Twenty duodenal ulcer patients with successful surgical results were compared to 20 similar patients having unsuccessful outcomes. Both groups were given a personality questionnaire, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) including the Taylor Scale of Manifest Anxiety. Results indicated the unsuccessful group appeared significantly more emotionally disturbed than the successful group, as measured by the "neurotic triad" of the MMPI. The magnitude of the difference was such that individual MMPI profiles were sorted correctly as to surgical result in 87.5 per cent of the cases. Individuals with unsatisfactory operative results also exhibited significantly more manifest anxiety. The problem arising in dealing with postoperative data was discussed. A presurgical and postsurgical control-group study and other supportive evidence suggest it is probable that similar results would have been obtained if preoperative data had been used.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: