Personalities of Post – traumatic Spinal Cord Injured Patients

Authors

  • P. Boonsue
  • A. Kovindha

Abstract

By  using  modified  168  Minnesota  Multiphasic  Personality  Inventory  (MMP)  to  indentify  personalities,  80  spinal  cord  injured  patients  were  studied.  Different  modes  of  interview,  depending  on  ability  to  read  or  write  or  level  of  education,  seemed  to  effect  the  results  of  MMPI.  The  study  revealed  that  the  common  personalities  among  these  patients  were  disorders  (59%)  ,  affective  disorders ( 14%)  and  schizoid  behaviors  (19%)  .  The  F  code  of  adjustment  disorders   was  significantly  associated  with  patients  living  at  homes  for  disabled  people  or  having  complication,  i.e.  pressure  sore.  This  indicated  failure  of  rehabilitation .  To  overcome  and  to  cope  with  disability  following  spinal  cord  injury,  understanding  of  patients’  personalities  is  a  must  for  comprehensive  team  of  rehabilitation

Key  words :  Spinal  cord  injury,  Personality,  MMPI

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Boonsue P, Kovindha A. Personalities of Post – traumatic Spinal Cord Injured Patients. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2013 Nov. 18 [cited 2024 May 11];8(2):85-90. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/13636

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (1993): April - June

Section

Original Articles