Evaluación de las características de la personalidad y los síndromes clínicos psiquiátricos en candidatos a donantes vivos de trasplantes renales
- R.A. Souto Pérez 1
- María del Rosario Cejas Méndez
- B. Esteso Orduña
- J.C. Gil Hernández 1
- S. Poyo González 1
- 1 Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias
ISSN: 2565-0564
Year of publication: 2017
Issue: 2
Pages: 7-13
Type: Article
More publications in: Psicosomática y psiquiatría
Abstract
Background: The aim of the study was to assess personality and psychopathology of living kidney donors (LKD). Methods: A cross-sectional design study was carried out at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias (CHUC). 68 potential living kidney donors (PLKD) were evaluated using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) and psychiatric clinical interview. Results: No candidate presented psychopathological syndrome and all the profiles were valid on the criteria set forth in the MCMI-III. The sample scored high in Narcissistic, Histrionic, Compulsive and Social Desirability scales. Women were significantly higher in Histrionic scale than men. Conclusion: The results suggest that PLKD have a personality profile characterized by high scores on histrionics (higher in women), narcissism, compulsion and social desirability, as well as the absence of clinical psychiatric syndromes.