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Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity
Objective: Evidence in the literature suggests peculiar personality traits for fibromyalgic (FM) patients, and it has been suggested that personality characteristics may be involved in patients’ different symptomatic events and responses to treatment. The aim of the study is to investigate the perso...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00579 |
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author | Leombruni, Paolo Zizzi, Francesca Miniotti, Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Castelli, Lorys Fusaro, Enrico Torta, Riccardo |
author_facet | Leombruni, Paolo Zizzi, Francesca Miniotti, Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Castelli, Lorys Fusaro, Enrico Torta, Riccardo |
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description | Objective: Evidence in the literature suggests peculiar personality traits for fibromyalgic (FM) patients, and it has been suggested that personality characteristics may be involved in patients’ different symptomatic events and responses to treatment. The aim of the study is to investigate the personality characteristics of Italian FM patients and to explore the possibility of clustering them considering both personality traits and clinical characteristics. Design: The study used a cross-sectional methodology and involved a control group. A self-assessment procedure was used for data gathering. The study included 87 female FM patients and 83 healthy females. Patients were approached and interviewed in person during a psychiatric consultation. Healthy people were recruited from general practices with previous telephone contact. Main Outcome Measures: Participants responded to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Temperament and Character Inventory, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and the Short-Form-36 Health Survey. Results: FM patients scored significantly different from healthy participants on the Harm avoidance (HA), Novelty seeking (NS) and Self-directedness (SD). Two clusters were identified: patients in Cluster1 (n = 37) had higher scores on HA and lower scores on RD, SD, and Cooperativeness and reported more serious fibromyalgia and more severe anxious–depressive symptomatology than did patients in Cluster2 (n = 46). Conclusion: This study confirms the presence of certain personality traits in the FM population. In particular, high levels of HA and low levels of SD characterize a subgroup of FM patients with more severe anxious–depressive symptomatology. According to these findings, personality assessment could be useful in the diagnostic process to tailor therapeutic interventions to the personality characteristics. |
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spelling | pubmed-48429272016-05-19 Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity Leombruni, Paolo Zizzi, Francesca Miniotti, Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Castelli, Lorys Fusaro, Enrico Torta, Riccardo Front Psychol Psychology Objective: Evidence in the literature suggests peculiar personality traits for fibromyalgic (FM) patients, and it has been suggested that personality characteristics may be involved in patients’ different symptomatic events and responses to treatment. The aim of the study is to investigate the personality characteristics of Italian FM patients and to explore the possibility of clustering them considering both personality traits and clinical characteristics. Design: The study used a cross-sectional methodology and involved a control group. A self-assessment procedure was used for data gathering. The study included 87 female FM patients and 83 healthy females. Patients were approached and interviewed in person during a psychiatric consultation. Healthy people were recruited from general practices with previous telephone contact. Main Outcome Measures: Participants responded to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Temperament and Character Inventory, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and the Short-Form-36 Health Survey. Results: FM patients scored significantly different from healthy participants on the Harm avoidance (HA), Novelty seeking (NS) and Self-directedness (SD). Two clusters were identified: patients in Cluster1 (n = 37) had higher scores on HA and lower scores on RD, SD, and Cooperativeness and reported more serious fibromyalgia and more severe anxious–depressive symptomatology than did patients in Cluster2 (n = 46). Conclusion: This study confirms the presence of certain personality traits in the FM population. In particular, high levels of HA and low levels of SD characterize a subgroup of FM patients with more severe anxious–depressive symptomatology. According to these findings, personality assessment could be useful in the diagnostic process to tailor therapeutic interventions to the personality characteristics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4842927/ /pubmed/27199814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00579 Text en Copyright © 2016 Leombruni, Zizzi, Miniotti, Colonna, Castelli, Fusaro and Torta. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Leombruni, Paolo Zizzi, Francesca Miniotti, Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Castelli, Lorys Fusaro, Enrico Torta, Riccardo Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title | Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title_full | Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title_fullStr | Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title_full_unstemmed | Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title_short | Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity |
title_sort | harm avoidance and self-directedness characterize fibromyalgic patients and the symptom severity |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00579 |
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