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Personality factors in analgesic nephropathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Robin M. Murray
Robin M. Murray
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University Department of Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow
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Synopsis

Forty-five patients with analgesic nephropathy showed a trend towards introversion and neuroticism on the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Other analgesic abusers without renal impairment also showed these traits, while controls with renal disease not due to analgesie abuse were significantly less introverted and neurotic. It is suggested that these personality traits predisposed the patients to analgesie abuse and therefore to renal damage.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 69 - 73
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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