Hypochondriasis and its relationship with personality and healthy behavior in medical students in Chongqing Municipality
MA Jun, YANG Xiao-li, FENG Zhe-yong, YAO Li-hua, LIAO Hai-xia
School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University/Research Center for Medicine and Social Development/Innovation Center for Social Risk Governance in Health, Chongqing 400016, China
Abstract：Objective To explore hypochondriasis and its relationship with personality and healthy behavior among medical students in Chongqing Municipality. Methods The Hypochondriasis (Hs) scale of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Healthy Behavior Scale were used to investigate medical students who were selected by stratified random sampling according to the major classification in two medical universities in Chongqing Municipality from March to October, 2014. The data were analyzed by t test, correlation analysis, variance analysis and regression analysis. Results The total average score of the Hs scale in the medical students was (66.35±13.55). The score was higher in male students than in female ones (P<0.01), and higher in seniors than in freshmen, sophomores and juniors (P<0.05), but were not significantly different among freshmen, sophomores and juniors (P>0.05). The worse the academic achievement, the severer the hypochondriasis(P<0.000 1). The score of the Hs scale was lower in students with high- and middle-grade academic achievement than in those with low-grade academic achievement (P<0.0001), but was not significanly different between students with high- and middle-grade academic achievement (P>0.05). The higher the scores of pschoticism(P<0.000 1)and neuroticism(P<0.005), the higher the score of the Hs scale. The higher the score of healthy behavior(P<0.005), the lower the score of the Hs scale. The score of the Hs scale was positively correlated with the scores of pschoticism (r=0.252 24, P<0.000 1) and neuroticism (r=0.176 38, P<0.000 1), but negatively correlated with the score of extraversion (r=-0.113 09, P<0.05). The score of the Hs scale was negatively correlated with the total score of healthy behavior(r=-0.237 44, P<0.000 1),healthy practice behavior(r=-0.199 30, P<0.000 1) and cognitive/affective behavior(r=-0.219 87, P<0.000 1). Conclusions The hypochondriasis tendency of medical students' in Chongqing Municipality in 2014 results from insufficient clinical experience and practice and scanty medical knowledge when they begin to learn clinical courses. Introverted, sensitive, worried, timid and emotionally unstable personality easily bring about hypochondriacal tendency. The less the healthy behavior, the severer the hypochondriacal tendency.
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MA Jun, YANG Xiao-li, FENG Zhe-yong, YAO Li-hua, LIAO Hai-xia. Hypochondriasis and its relationship with personality and healthy behavior in medical students in Chongqing Municipality. , 2017, 24(8): 902-905.
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