Howell R W, Crown S
Br J Ind Med. 1971 Apr;28(2):126-30. doi: 10.1136/oem.28.2.126.
126-130. A personality inventory', the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire (MHQ), was fully completed by 2 352 participants in a prospective survey of heart disease undertaken by the medical service of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). All participants were male employees born between 1912 and 1926. MHQ scores were analysed to see if there was any association between score levels and various causes of absence from work attributed to sickness. MHQ scores were significantly higher than the survey mean in patients suffering from some diseases regarded as psychosomatic' (peptic ulcer, P<0·05; duodenal ulcer, P<0·01; hay fever, bronchial asthma, and allergy, P<0·05; essential hypertension, P<0·01). Mean MHQ scores were also higher than the survey mean in patients who lost time from work because of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders (P<0·001). There was a greater percentage of absenteeism (78·7%) in high MHQ scorers than in low scorers (71·7%, P<0·001); the total time lost was also greater in those with high scores. The uses and limitations of such a personality inventory as a screening or research device in industry are discussed.
126 - 130. 在英国原子能管理局（UKAEA）医疗服务部门进行的一项心脏病前瞻性调查中，2352名参与者完整填写了一份名为米德尔塞克斯医院问卷（MHQ）的“人格量表”。所有参与者均为出生于1912年至1926年之间的男性员工。对MHQ得分进行分析，以查看得分水平与各种因病缺勤原因之间是否存在关联。在一些被视为“心身疾病”的患者中（消化性溃疡，P<0.05；十二指肠溃疡，P<0.01；花粉症、支气管哮喘和过敏，P<0.05；原发性高血压，P<0.01），MHQ得分显著高于调查平均值。因精神、精神神经症和人格障碍而误工的患者，其平均MHQ得分也高于调查平均值（P<0.001）。MHQ得分高的人群旷工率（78.7%）高于得分低的人群（71.7%，P<0.001）；高分者的总误工时间也更长。本文讨论了这种人格量表在工业中作为筛查或研究工具的用途和局限性。
