Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis

Abstract Objectives Our aim in this study was to identify affective temperament differences utilizing the TEMPS-A in a large sample size of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia and compare them to healthy controls. Gender differences, demographic factors and degree of psychotic symptoms were also co...

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Autores principales: Joseph E. Dib, Ilige Nehme, Chadia Haddad, Jocelyne Azar, Souheil Hallit, Sahar Obeid
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2f48cb6355de40d39ae8bc99965917a52021-11-28T12:24:49ZAffective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis10.1186/s13104-021-05854-81756-0500https://doaj.org/article/2f48cb6355de40d39ae8bc99965917a52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05854-8https://doaj.org/toc/1756-0500Abstract Objectives Our aim in this study was to identify affective temperament differences utilizing the TEMPS-A in a large sample size of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia and compare them to healthy controls. Gender differences, demographic factors and degree of psychotic symptoms were also considered. A cross‐sectional study was conducted at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross (PHC) from March to June 2019. Two-hundred fifty chronic patients with schizophrenia were compared to 250 healthy controls randomly chosen from the general population. Results Patients with schizophrenia significantly had higher mean depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperament scores compared to healthy controls. Healthy controls significantly had a higher mean hyperthymic temperament score compared to patients with schizophrenia. In the group of patients with schizophrenia exclusively, females scored higher in terms of depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperaments compared to males. In the group of healthy controls, males scored higher in terms of hyperthymic and irritable temperaments compared to females, whereas a higher mean depressive and anxious temperament scores were significantly found in females compared to males. In addition, higher PANSS total scores, as well as higher positive, negative and general subscales scores were significantly associated with higher depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperament scores.Joseph E. DibIlige NehmeChadia HaddadJocelyne AzarSouheil HallitSahar ObeidBMCarticleSchizophreniaTEMPS-APANSSAffective temperamentsLebaneseMedicineRBiology (General)QH301-705.5Science (General)Q1-390ENBMC Research Notes, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Schizophrenia
TEMPS-A
PANSS
Affective temperaments
Lebanese
Medicine
R
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Science (General)
Q1-390
spellingShingle Schizophrenia
TEMPS-A
PANSS
Affective temperaments
Lebanese
Medicine
R
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Science (General)
Q1-390
Joseph E. Dib
Ilige Nehme
Chadia Haddad
Jocelyne Azar
Souheil Hallit
Sahar Obeid
Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
description Abstract Objectives Our aim in this study was to identify affective temperament differences utilizing the TEMPS-A in a large sample size of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia and compare them to healthy controls. Gender differences, demographic factors and degree of psychotic symptoms were also considered. A cross‐sectional study was conducted at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross (PHC) from March to June 2019. Two-hundred fifty chronic patients with schizophrenia were compared to 250 healthy controls randomly chosen from the general population. Results Patients with schizophrenia significantly had higher mean depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperament scores compared to healthy controls. Healthy controls significantly had a higher mean hyperthymic temperament score compared to patients with schizophrenia. In the group of patients with schizophrenia exclusively, females scored higher in terms of depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperaments compared to males. In the group of healthy controls, males scored higher in terms of hyperthymic and irritable temperaments compared to females, whereas a higher mean depressive and anxious temperament scores were significantly found in females compared to males. In addition, higher PANSS total scores, as well as higher positive, negative and general subscales scores were significantly associated with higher depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperament scores.
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author Joseph E. Dib
Ilige Nehme
Chadia Haddad
Jocelyne Azar
Souheil Hallit
Sahar Obeid
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Ilige Nehme
Chadia Haddad
Jocelyne Azar
Souheil Hallit
Sahar Obeid
author_sort Joseph E. Dib
title Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
title_short Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
title_full Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
title_fullStr Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
title_full_unstemmed Affective temperaments of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
title_sort affective temperaments of lebanese patients with schizophrenia: comparison by gender and severity of psychosis
publisher BMC
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