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Mazza M, Brisi C, Veneziani G, Lisci FM, Sessa I, Balocchi M, Rossi S, Di Stasio E, Marano G, Abate F, Anesini MB, Boggio G, Ciliberto M, De Masi V, Falsini C, Marzo EM, Avallone C, Serio A, Gonsalez Del Castillo A, Kotzalidis GD, Chieffo DPR, Lanzone A, Scambia G, Lai C, Sani G. A Network Analysis of Perinatal Depression, Anxiety, and Temperaments in Women in the First, Second, and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy. J Clin Med 2024; 13:3957. [PMID: 38999520 PMCID: PMC11242710 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13133957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Background/Objectives: Although depression and anxiety are found to be affected by temperaments, little research has studied these relationships in pregnancy. The present study explored the associations among perinatal depression (PD), anxiety dimensions (state, trait, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)), and temperaments between women in the three trimesters of pregnancy through a network analysis approach. Moreover, differences in the severity of PD and anxiety between women in the three trimesters were evaluated. Methods: Women in first (N = 31), second (N = 184), and third (N = 54) trimesters of pregnancy were recruited in the present cross-sectional study. The network analysis included PD, anxiety dimensions, and temperaments. Three network models were estimated, and ANOVAs evaluated the differences in the severity of PD and anxiety, including trimesters as a between-subject factor. Results: PD and GAD were the nodes most strongly connected across the three groups. Cyclothymic, depressive, and anxious temperaments were most frequently associated with PD and GAD. Hyperthymic temperament was in the periphery of the three networks. Lastly, women in the first trimester had the highest severity of PD and GAD. Conclusions: PD and GAD showed the strongest associations. Anxiety dimensions had positive associations with PD and GAD, suggesting their role as possible risk factors. Temperaments were differently associated within the network between the three groups. Clinical interventions during pregnancy should target the central variables, considering their direct and indirect relationships.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marianna Mazza
- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Psychology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Psychology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensive Care and Perioperative Clinics Research, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Psychology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Wakamatsu M, Nakamura M, Douchi T, Kasugai M, Kodama S, Sano A, Kobayashi H. Predicting postpartum depression by evaluating temperament during pregnancy. J Affect Disord 2021; 292:720-724. [PMID: 34161890 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate premorbid temperaments to predict postpartum depression in pregnant women with no previous psychiatric history and to clarify the correlation between postpartum depression and the factors included in the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R) and the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego-Auto questionnaire (TEMPS-A)/Munich Personality Test (MPT). METHODS A total of 170 eligible pregnant women filled out both questionnaires, the first between the 8th and 23rd week of gestation, and the latter between the 34th and 38th week of gestation. Participants filled out The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) one month postpartum to measure for postpartum depression symptoms. All participants delivered full-term healthy babies. RESULTS Seventeen (10%) women met the criteria for postpartum depression with a score of 9 or higher on the EDPS. The factors significantly related to developing postpartum depression were schizoid and melancholic temperament on the TEMPS-A/MPT and marital dissatisfaction on the PDPI-R. The total score on the PDPI-R was significantly correlated with depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperaments on the TEMPS-A/MPT. A lack of social support on the PDPI-R was significantly correlated with depressive, irritable, and anxious temperaments on the TEMPS-A/MPT. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that postpartum depression may be related to schizoid and melancholic temperaments and marital dissatisfaction. The hyperthymic temperament was identified as a significant predictor in preventing PPD. Careful observation during puerperium is recommended if a pregnant woman is likely to have these temperaments or psychological conditions. Temperament evaluation should be done during pregnancy as a form of postpartum depression screening.
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- Mikiyo Wakamatsu
- Department of Reproductive Health Care Nursing, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine school of Health Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Comprehensive Community-based Nursing Science, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine school of Health Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Perinatal Mental Illness in the Middle East and North Africa Region-A Systematic Overview. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17155487. [PMID: 32751384 PMCID: PMC7432515 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Aims: Perinatal mental illness (PMI) is associated with a high risk of maternal and infant morbidity. Recently, several systematic reviews and primary studies have explored the prevalence and risk factors of PMI in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. To our knowledge, there has been no critical analysis of the existing systematic reviews (SRs) on this topic in the MENA region. Our systematic overview primarily aimed to synthesize evidence from the published SRs on PMI in the MENA countries focusing on a) the prevalence of PMI and b) the risk factors associated with PMI. Methods: We conducted a systematic overview of the epidemiology of PMI in the Middle East and North Africa region by searching the PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo databases for relevant publications between January 2008 and July 2019. In addition to searching the reference lists of the identified SRs for other relevant SRs and additional primary studies of relevance (those which primarily discussed the prevalence of PMI and/or risk and protective factors), between August and October 2019, we also searched Google Scholar for relevant studies. Results: After applying our inclusion and exclusion criteria, 15 systematic reviews (SRs) and 79 primary studies were included in our overview. Studies utilizing validated diagnostic tools report a PMI prevalence range from 5.6% in Morocco to 28% in Pakistan. On the other hand, studies utilizing screening tools to detect PMI report a prevalence range of 9.2% in Sudan to 85.6% in the United Arab Emirates. Wide variations were observed in studies reporting PMI risk factors. We regrouped the risk factors applying an evidence-based categorization scheme. Our study indicates that risk factors in the relational, psychological, and sociodemographic categories are the most studied in the region. Conversely, lifestyle-related risk factors were less studied. Conclusions: Our systematic overview identifies perinatal mental illness as an important public health issue in the region. Standardizing approaches for estimating, preventing, screening, and treating perinatal mental illness would be a step in the right direction for the region.
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James-Hawkins L, Shaltout E, Nur AA, Nasrallah C, Qutteina Y, Abdul Rahim HF, Hennink M, Yount KM. Human and economic resources for empowerment and pregnancy-related mental health in the Arab Middle East: a systematic review. Arch Womens Ment Health 2019; 22:1-14. [PMID: 29721624 PMCID: PMC6373230 DOI: 10.1007/s00737-018-0843-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This systematic review synthesizes research on the influence of human and economic resources for women's empowerment on their pre- and postnatal mental health, understudied in the Arab world. We include articles using quantitative methods from PubMed and Web of Science. Two researchers reviewed databases and selected articles, double reviewing 5% of articles designated for inclusion. Twenty-four articles met inclusion criteria. All 24 articles measured depression as an outcome, and three included additional mental health outcomes. Nine of 17 studies found an inverse association between education and depression; two of 12 studies found contradictory associations between employment and depression, and four of six studies found a positive association between financial stress and depression. These results suggest that there is a negative association between education and depression and a positive association between financial stress and depression among women in the Arab world. Firm conclusions warrant caution due to limited studies meeting inclusion criteria and large heterogeneity in mental health scales used, assessment measures, and definitions of human and economic resources for women's empowerment. It is likely that education reduces depression among postpartum women and that financial stress increases their depression. These findings can be used to aid in the design of interventions to improve mother and child outcomes. However, more research in the Arab world is needed on the relationship between human and economic resources for women's empowerment and perinatal mental health, and more consistency is needed in how resources and mental health are measured.
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- Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
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Qutteina Y, Nasrallah C, James-Hawkins L, Nur AA, Yount KM, Hennink M, Abdul Rahim HF. Social resources and Arab women's perinatal mental health: A systematic review. Women Birth 2018; 31:386-397. [PMID: 29198501 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Women's mental health in the perinatal period is understudied worldwide and in Arab countries especially. AIM This systematic review explores evidence of the association between women's social resources for empowerment in the Arab World and their mental health in the prenatal and postnatal (≤1year postpartum) periods. METHODS Guided by Kabeer's framework of empowerment, the authors applied a search string in PubMed and Web of Science databases to identify studies in countries of the Arab League (hereafter the Arab World) that address mental health and social resources for women's empowerment in the perinatal period. FINDINGS Of 1865 electronically retrieved articles, 23 met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the majority of studies found a positive association between social resources for empowerment and perinatal mental health. Seven studies explored the relationship between familial or general social support and prenatal mental health in Arab women, and found a significant positive association. Sixteen of the 18 studies of women in the postnatal period found that enabling familial, extra-familial, and/or general social support was positively associated with mental health. CONCLUSION This review demonstrates an association between social resources and perinatal mental health, but there is a dearth of research in this area. We call for additional research on Arab women in the perinatal period using context-specific but standardized tools to assess social resources and mental health. Evidence on positive mental health, resilience, and the influence of social resources can guide the improvement of prenatal and postpartum care services.
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- Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute (PAMFRI) - Sutter Health, United States(4)
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, United States
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- Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Sociology, Emory University, United States
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, United States
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar(2).
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Yildirim T, Solmaz D, Emul M, Akgol G, Yalvac D, Ersoy Y. Affective temperament profile in ankylosing spondylitis patients using TEMPS-A. J Phys Ther Sci 2017; 29:394-400. [PMID: 28356618 PMCID: PMC5360997 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.29.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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[Purpose] This study aimed to compare the most common dominant affective temperaments in Ankylosing Spondylitis patients and investigate the relationship between the dominant affective temperaments and pain levels, disease activity, quality of life, current depression, and anxiety level in Ankylosing Spondylitis patients. [Subjects and Methods] Fifty-one patients diagnosed with axial spondiloartropathy and forty-two age- and gender-matched control subjects were included in this study. Disease duration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum C-reactive protein, pain by the Visual Analog Scale, disease activity by the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, functional status by the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; psychological status by the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory and overall health assessment by the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale were assessed in patients. The Turkish version of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Auto Questionnaire was used to determine the dominant affective temperament. [Results] There was no statistical difference in the distribution of temperament subtypes between patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and the controls. Depressive, anxious, and cyclothymic temperament scores were higher in patients with high values on the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index and Visual Analog Scale. There was a correlation between anxious subtypes of affective temperament scores and the value of Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale. Correlation analysis also found depressive, cyclothymic, irritable, and anxious temperament and psychiatric symptoms to be significantly related. [Conclusion] Affective temperament may contribute to symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and may increase disease activity and may reduce their quality of life.
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- Tulay Yildirim
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Inonu University, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School of Cerrahpasa, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fırat University, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dr Abdurahman Yurtaslan Onkoloji Research and Training Hospital, Turkey
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Inonu University, Turkey
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Bahrini L, Damak R, Cheour M. The role of the affective temperament in the treatment adherence in psychiatry. Pan Afr Med J 2017; 25:2. [PMID: 28154695 PMCID: PMC5268810 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.2.8400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction Adherence to psychotropic medications is affected by factors related to the treatment, to the physician, to the environment and to the patient himself. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of affective temperaments on treatment adherence. Methods Thirty six stabilized outpatients were recruited from the aftercare consultation of Psychiatry to perform Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Auto questionnaire version (TEMPS-A) for affective temperaments and the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) for treatment adherence. Results The total MARS score was negatively correlated with the irritable temperament score. The MARS’s score relative to the attitude of patients to psychotropic medications and their negative side effects was negatively correlated with the cyclothymic, the irritable and anxious temperaments. Patients having a diagnosis of psychotic disorder had a significantly greater medication adherence and behaviour toward medication score compared to those having a diagnosis of affective disorder. A greater MARS’s score for the negative side effects and attitudes to psychotropic medication was associated with medication by neuroleptics with prolonged action. Conclusion The results of the present study suggest that patients with irritable temperament may have more difficult to follow psychotropic medications, and that patients with cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperaments may be more attentive and sensitive toward psychotropic medications and their negative side effects.
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- Lilia Bahrini
- Psychiatry E Department, Razi Hospital, Cité les Oranger, 2010 Manouba, Medicine University of Tunis, Tunisia
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- Psychiatry E Department, Razi Hospital, Cité les Oranger, 2010 Manouba, Medicine University of Tunis, Tunisia
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- Psychiatry E Department, Razi Hospital, Cité les Oranger, 2010 Manouba, Medicine University of Tunis, Tunisia
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