[Comparative multidimensional analysis of the personality traits of patients with different forms of gynecologic pathology]

The personality characteristics of gynecological patients with hormonal dysfunction versus hormone dependent pathology were compared, using a factorial analysis of answers to 377 questions of the Russian modified variant of MMPI and a cluster analysis of intergroup subdivisions. A group of patients with uterine myoma (UM) differed considerably from all the others in relation to six "varimax" factors. A new factor scale was elaborated which makes it possible to differentiate a group of patients with UM from both healthy women and other gynecological patients. The results obtained are discussed in the light of the hypothesis about the psychosomatic nature of UM. The factor scale presented may be utilized for detecting a group of high risk for UM development.