J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2013 Jan;53(1):13-18. 10.3340/jkns.2013.53.1.13.

The Psychopathological Influence of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Korean Male : An Analysis of Multiphasic Personal Inventory Test Results

• Oh CH
• Shim YS
• Yoon SH
• Park HC
• Park CO
• Lee MS

• KMID: 2066979
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2013.53.1.13

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
There are few published studies which have documented psychopathological abnormalities in patients with of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychopathological influence of AIS in Korean 19-year-old males.
METHODS
The authors compared the Korean military multiphasic personal inventory (KMPI) military profiles of 105 AIS cases (more than 10 degrees of Cobb's angle without surgical treatment) with the KMPI profiles of 108 normal controls. The AIS group was split depending on Cobb's angle to further evaluate this relation by the severity of AIS.
RESULTS
A significantly decreased result on the faking-good response scale and an significantly increased result on the faking-bad response were observed in the AIS group compared to the control (p<0.012). The neurosis scale results, including anxiety, depression and somatization symptoms, were significantly increased in the AIS group compared to the control (p<0.010). The severity level of personality disorder and schizophrenia were also significantly increased in the AIS group (p<0.010). Differences in KMPI scale scores were not related to the severity of AIS.
CONCLUSION
Young males with AIS tend to have abnormal results on the multiphasic personal inventory test compared to normal volunteers, suggesting that AIS may be related to psychopathology in the young male group in Korea. Although these psychopathology in AIS were differently observed compared to normal controls, but not interfered with military life. Clinicians are recommended to pay attention the psychopathological traits of patients with AIS.

Keyword

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Multiphasic personal inventory; Psychopathology; Korea; Conscription

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Anxiety
Depression
Humans
Korea
Male
Military Personnel
Personality Disorders
Psychopathology
Schizophrenia
Scoliosis

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Abnormal result percentages of Korean military multiphasic personality inventory test in the normal curves and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) according to the severity of Cobb angle. *Statistically significant different.

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  Fig. 2 Diagrams of Korean military multiphasic personality inventory test results in the normal curves and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) according to the severity of Cobb angle. *Statistically significant different.

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