[Temperament evaluation of patients with central serous retinopathy, preliminary report].

Purpose: To assess differences in temperament in patients with central serous retinopathy and healthy subjects.

Material And Methods: 20 patients diagnosed with acute central serous retinopathy was put to the questionnaire: Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory.

Results: Lower scores in novelty seeking (NS) (t = -2.43; p < 0.05) scale and its NS2 (t = -2.12; p < 0.05), and NS3 (t = -2.66; p < 0.05) subscales, as well as higher scores in harm avoidance HA4 subscale in CSR patients, were found.

Conclusions: There is a different profile, regarding temperament and character in patients with central serous retinopathy, as compared to healthy subjects.