Personality tests in Ménière's disorder

Psychological assessment of patients with Menière's disease

“…anxiety and depression) in Menière patients was also found by other researchers (Coker et al, 1989;Martin et al, 1991;Takahashi et al, 2001). The obsessivecompulsive and neurotic personality found by others, could not be confirmed in our study (Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the contrary, Sawada et al did classify the personality structure in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

“…It was also shown that Menière patients experience the same level of anxiety, depression and somatic complaints compared to patients with only vertigo (Monzani et al, 2001). In the field of personality characteristics, previous studies have described Menière patients as obsessive-compulsive persons, perfectionists and neurotics, who are supposed to be more vulnerable and have more stress exposure (Groen, 1983;Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the other hand, other researchers classified the personality of Menière patients in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

Psychological assessment of patients with Menière's disease

“…anxiety and depression) in Menière patients was also found by other researchers (Coker et al, 1989;Martin et al, 1991;Takahashi et al, 2001). The obsessivecompulsive and neurotic personality found by others, could not be confirmed in our study (Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the contrary, Sawada et al did classify the personality structure in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

“…It was also shown that Menière patients experience the same level of anxiety, depression and somatic complaints compared to patients with only vertigo (Monzani et al, 2001). In the field of personality characteristics, previous studies have described Menière patients as obsessive-compulsive persons, perfectionists and neurotics, who are supposed to be more vulnerable and have more stress exposure (Groen, 1983;Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the other hand, other researchers classified the personality of Menière patients in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

Personal Factors Involved in Onset or Progression of Ménière’s Disease and Low-Tone Sensorineural Hearing Loss

“…Although we cannot rule out the possibility that Ménière's disease is a hydrops complex of 11.7% 88.3% -n = Number of audiogram pairs; recovery = shift to a milder category; worsening = shift to a more severe category. [23][24][25][26][27] . We suspect that keys to understanding the disease may be hidden in the variability of prognosis, age distribution of patients, differing prevalence between the sexes, lack of environmental factors, and failure to fi nd topical causes in the inner ear.…”

Impact of Ménière’s Disease on Significant Others’ Health and Lives

“…The patients face psychosocial consequences including disruptions to life goals, employment, income, relationships, leisure activities, and daily living activities that also influence their family and friends (Stephens et al, 2010;Tyrrell et al, 2015). The empirical literature attests to elevated rates of depression and distress (Stephens, 1975), increased anxiety (Levo et al, 2010), low subjective well-being and quality of life (Söderman et al, 2002;Levo et al, 2012), and reduced social roles (Yardley et al, 2003;Pyykk} o et al, 2015a). However, in most disease conditions, the analysis is focused on mood and psychological aspects and relationship difficulties of the patient, whereas the impact on significant others (SOs) is often neglected.…”

Psychological assessment of patients with Menière's disease

“…anxiety and depression) in Menière patients was also found by other researchers (Coker et al, 1989;Martin et al, 1991;Takahashi et al, 2001). The obsessivecompulsive and neurotic personality found by others, could not be confirmed in our study (Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the contrary, Sawada et al did classify the personality structure in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

“…It was also shown that Menière patients experience the same level of anxiety, depression and somatic complaints compared to patients with only vertigo (Monzani et al, 2001). In the field of personality characteristics, previous studies have described Menière patients as obsessive-compulsive persons, perfectionists and neurotics, who are supposed to be more vulnerable and have more stress exposure (Groen, 1983;Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the other hand, other researchers classified the personality of Menière patients in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

Personal Factors Involved in Onset or Progression of Ménière’s Disease and Low-Tone Sensorineural Hearing Loss

“…Although we cannot rule out the possibility that Ménière's disease is a hydrops complex of 11.7% 88.3% -n = Number of audiogram pairs; recovery = shift to a milder category; worsening = shift to a more severe category. [23][24][25][26][27] . We suspect that keys to understanding the disease may be hidden in the variability of prognosis, age distribution of patients, differing prevalence between the sexes, lack of environmental factors, and failure to fi nd topical causes in the inner ear.…”

Impact of Ménière’s Disease on Significant Others’ Health and Lives

“…The patients face psychosocial consequences including disruptions to life goals, employment, income, relationships, leisure activities, and daily living activities that also influence their family and friends (Stephens et al, 2010;Tyrrell et al, 2015). The empirical literature attests to elevated rates of depression and distress (Stephens, 1975), increased anxiety (Levo et al, 2010), low subjective well-being and quality of life (Söderman et al, 2002;Levo et al, 2012), and reduced social roles (Yardley et al, 2003;Pyykk} o et al, 2015a). However, in most disease conditions, the analysis is focused on mood and psychological aspects and relationship difficulties of the patient, whereas the impact on significant others (SOs) is often neglected.…”

Psychological assessment of patients with Menière's disease

“…anxiety and depression) in Menière patients was also found by other researchers (Coker et al, 1989;Martin et al, 1991;Takahashi et al, 2001). The obsessivecompulsive and neurotic personality found by others, could not be confirmed in our study (Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the contrary, Sawada et al did classify the personality structure in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

“…It was also shown that Menière patients experience the same level of anxiety, depression and somatic complaints compared to patients with only vertigo (Monzani et al, 2001). In the field of personality characteristics, previous studies have described Menière patients as obsessive-compulsive persons, perfectionists and neurotics, who are supposed to be more vulnerable and have more stress exposure (Groen, 1983;Savastano et al, 1996;Stephens, 1975). On the other hand, other researchers classified the personality of Menière patients in the normal range (Sawada et al, 1997).…”

Personal Factors Involved in Onset or Progression of Ménière’s Disease and Low-Tone Sensorineural Hearing Loss

“…Although we cannot rule out the possibility that Ménière's disease is a hydrops complex of 11.7% 88.3% -n = Number of audiogram pairs; recovery = shift to a milder category; worsening = shift to a more severe category. [23][24][25][26][27] . We suspect that keys to understanding the disease may be hidden in the variability of prognosis, age distribution of patients, differing prevalence between the sexes, lack of environmental factors, and failure to fi nd topical causes in the inner ear.…”

Impact of Ménière’s Disease on Significant Others’ Health and Lives

“…The patients face psychosocial consequences including disruptions to life goals, employment, income, relationships, leisure activities, and daily living activities that also influence their family and friends (Stephens et al, 2010;Tyrrell et al, 2015). The empirical literature attests to elevated rates of depression and distress (Stephens, 1975), increased anxiety (Levo et al, 2010), low subjective well-being and quality of life (Söderman et al, 2002;Levo et al, 2012), and reduced social roles (Yardley et al, 2003;Pyykk} o et al, 2015a). However, in most disease conditions, the analysis is focused on mood and psychological aspects and relationship difficulties of the patient, whereas the impact on significant others (SOs) is often neglected.…”