Psychology

Chronic hepatitis C patients with type I personalities have more problems

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, May 3rd, 2004

Chronic hepatitis C patients with type I personalities have more problems.

According to a study from Japan, "this cross-sectional study examined the association between the severity of chronic hepatitis C and the type I personality, which has been shown by Grossarth-Maticek to be strongly related to the incidence of cancer and mortality. Sixty-nine patients with chronic hepatitis C completed the Stress Inventory, a self-report questionnaire to measure psychosocial stress and personality, and were classified into three groups according to hepatitis severity: group A, chronic hepatitis C with a normal serum alanine aminotransferase level; group B, chronic hepatitis C with...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-05-03)

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