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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 113-122Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/01674820109049961
Keywords
psychological well-being; self-rated health; Turner syndrome
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Psychological well-being, self-rated health and social situation were investigated in a cross-sectional multidisciplinary study of 63 women with Turner syndrome (TS; mean age 31.5 years, range 18-59 years). The psychological examination included a semi-structured interview, and use of two standardized self-rating scales, the Psychological General Well-being Index (PC WE) and the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Psychological well-being and self-rated health were similar in the women with TS and Swedish female normative data, matched for age. However the women with TS reported more social isolation than the normative group. Within the TS group, the oldest women reported more psychological distress and poorer health than the youngest. Those with impaired self-rated health reported more emotional distress. The women with TS were studying or in employment to the same degree as the general population, although fewer were cohabiting. In the interview both negative and positive consequences of TS were reported. This study did not find any evidence for impaired psychological wellbeing, although it did indicate that women with TS experience more difficulties in the area of social and partner relationships.
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