BACKGROUND: The present comparative study with healthy volunteers was conducted to investigate the depressive status and temperament in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).Methods and Results: The results of the temperament and personality scale test, and the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report revealed that CTEPH patients have a significantly higher depressive status than healthy volunteers. CONCLUSIONS: It may be that CTEPH patients are more likely to have a depressive temperament in origin. It is expected that the relationship between the biological traits of CTEPH (e.g., genetics) and patients' depressive temperament will be elucidated in the future.
BACKGROUND: The present comparative study with healthy volunteers was conducted to investigate the depressive status and temperament in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).Methods and Results: The results of the temperament and personality scale test, and the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report revealed that CTEPHpatients have a significantly higher depressive status than healthy volunteers. CONCLUSIONS: It may be that CTEPHpatients are more likely to have a depressive temperament in origin. It is expected that the relationship between the biological traits of CTEPH (e.g., genetics) and patients' depressive temperament will be elucidated in the future.
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Comparative study; Depressive status
Authors: Aaron Shengting Mai; Oliver Zi Hern Lim; Yeung Jek Ho; Gwyneth Kong; Grace En Hui Lim; Cheng Han Ng; Cyrus Ho; Roger Ho; Yinghao Lim; Ivandito Kuntjoro; Edgar Tay; James Yip; Nicholas W S Chew; Ting-Ting Low Journal: Front Med (Lausanne) Date: 2022-02-17
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