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Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits, stress, emotional intelligence, and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). MATERIAL/METHODS: This prospective case-control study included 57 patients with acute CSCR and 57 age- and sex-matched...

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Autores principales: Sesar, Anita Pusic, Sesar, Antonio, Bucan, Kajo, Sesar, Irena, Cvitkovic, Katarina, Cavar, Ivan
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Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7805417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33423036
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.928677
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author Sesar, Anita Pusic
Sesar, Antonio
Bucan, Kajo
Sesar, Irena
Cvitkovic, Katarina
Cavar, Ivan
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Sesar, Antonio
Bucan, Kajo
Sesar, Irena
Cvitkovic, Katarina
Cavar, Ivan
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits, stress, emotional intelligence, and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). MATERIAL/METHODS: This prospective case-control study included 57 patients with acute CSCR and 57 age- and sex-matched controls with refractive errors. Inclusion criteria for CSCR group were acute unilateral onset of visual disturbances within 2 weeks until the first visit to the ophthalmologist and ophthalmoscopic finding of a round or oval macular detachment confirmed by optical coherence tomography as a dome-shaped serous neuroretinal elevation. RESULTS: Using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), patients with CSCR achieved slightly higher scores on primary characteristics such as warmth (P=0.612) and perfectionism (P=0.137) when compared to the control subjects. Mean scores measured with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) were significantly higher in patients with CSCR (P=0.004), which means that these patients had notably elevated average reactivity to stressful life events. In addition, the number of patients with a high stress level was higher in the CSCR group than in the control group. Considering the level of emotional intelligence measured with the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF), patients with CSCR achieved significantly lower scores on well-being (P=0.003) and sociability (P=0.011) factors, as well as on total score (P=0.014). CONCLUSIONS: A higher level of perceived stress is the most important psychological risk factor for CSCR. According to our results, a low level of emotional intelligence may be an additional factor that contributes to the occurrence of CSCR.
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spelling pubmed-78054172021-01-15 Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Sesar, Anita Pusic Sesar, Antonio Bucan, Kajo Sesar, Irena Cvitkovic, Katarina Cavar, Ivan Med Sci Monit Clinical Research BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits, stress, emotional intelligence, and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). MATERIAL/METHODS: This prospective case-control study included 57 patients with acute CSCR and 57 age- and sex-matched controls with refractive errors. Inclusion criteria for CSCR group were acute unilateral onset of visual disturbances within 2 weeks until the first visit to the ophthalmologist and ophthalmoscopic finding of a round or oval macular detachment confirmed by optical coherence tomography as a dome-shaped serous neuroretinal elevation. RESULTS: Using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), patients with CSCR achieved slightly higher scores on primary characteristics such as warmth (P=0.612) and perfectionism (P=0.137) when compared to the control subjects. Mean scores measured with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) were significantly higher in patients with CSCR (P=0.004), which means that these patients had notably elevated average reactivity to stressful life events. In addition, the number of patients with a high stress level was higher in the CSCR group than in the control group. Considering the level of emotional intelligence measured with the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF), patients with CSCR achieved significantly lower scores on well-being (P=0.003) and sociability (P=0.011) factors, as well as on total score (P=0.014). CONCLUSIONS: A higher level of perceived stress is the most important psychological risk factor for CSCR. According to our results, a low level of emotional intelligence may be an additional factor that contributes to the occurrence of CSCR. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2021-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7805417/ /pubmed/33423036 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.928677 Text en © Med Sci Monit, 2021 This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
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Sesar, Irena
Cvitkovic, Katarina
Cavar, Ivan
Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title_full Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title_fullStr Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title_full_unstemmed Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title_short Personality Traits, Stress, and Emotional Intelligence Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
title_sort personality traits, stress, and emotional intelligence associated with central serous chorioretinopathy
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7805417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33423036
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.928677
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