Los rasgos de personalidad y su relación con las enfermedades ulceropépticas.

Personality traits and its relation with peptic ulcer diseaseObjective: To determine the relationship between personality traits and peptic ulcer disease PUD. Patients and methods: A correlational applied field study was carried out in Carabobo State. A deliberate sampling was chosen consisting of 85 patients diagnosed with any form of PUD, to whom a clinical analysis questionnaire CAQ was applied. Relationship between variables was established using Spearman correlation, Chi square and t student. Results: Themost common PUD was acute gastritis, the only one showing a statistically significant association with low energy depression in comparison with subjects with other types of PUD.The sample reflected traits of depression, hypochondria, suicidal depression, low-energy depression, depression-agitation, apathy-withdrawal, paranoia, and schizophrenia. There wereno statistically significant gender differences. When comparing the results of each personality trait evaluated by the CAQ in the PUD-patient group with the healthy population, statisticallysignificant differences, p<0.05, were observed between both groups, since the first groupobtained much higher scores than the expected in healthy subjects. Conclusion: The studiedPUD subjects showed strong depressive personality traits that could influence the emergenceand evolution of their medical pathology.