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Posttraumatic growth but not abnormal personality structure are typical for patients with essential blepharospasm

Authors

NIKOLAI Tomas BEZDICEK Ondrej KLEINOVA Petra PREISS Marek ŠMÍRA Martin RŮŽIČKA Evžen ROTH Jan

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Basal Ganglia
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
web http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210533615300241
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baga.2016.02.004
Field Psychology
Keywords Personality traits; Posttraumatic growth; Executive functions; Blepharospasm; Hemispasm
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Description The goal of our study was to find selective cognitive abnormalities in cognitive performance and personality profile of patients with essential blepharospasm (EB). Second, we wanted to see if in patients with EB we can identify posttraumatic growth (PTG) by comparison with a control sample and also with a sample of patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS). We recruited 20 patients with EB, 20 patients with HFS and 23 demographically matched controls (NC). All participants (EB + HFS + NC) were assessed by the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and a computer-based version of Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R). Furthermore, all participants underwent a brief battery of neuropsychological tests. Results EB patients had significantly higher scores in the PTGI questionnaire than those with HFS. As regards all TCI-R factors, there were no significant differences between EB, HFS or NC. In the cognitive battery, only in the Prague Stroop Test were patients with EB significantly impaired. Our results are consistent with new information about a higher level of post-traumatic growth in EB patients than in HFS patients. We found no substantial evidence of a different personality profile in EB patients compared with HFS or NC.

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