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Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients

OBJECTIVE: The current study is an innovative exploratory investigation, aiming at identifying differences in personality profiles within Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients. METHOD: In total, 344 participants (309 female, 35 male) reported suffering from FMS and/...

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Autores principales: Ablin, Jacob N., Zohar, Ada H., Zaraya-Blum, Reut, Buskila, Dan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2421
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author Ablin, Jacob N.
Zohar, Ada H.
Zaraya-Blum, Reut
Buskila, Dan
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Zohar, Ada H.
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Buskila, Dan
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description OBJECTIVE: The current study is an innovative exploratory investigation, aiming at identifying differences in personality profiles within Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients. METHOD: In total, 344 participants (309 female, 35 male) reported suffering from FMS and/or CFS and consented to participate in the study. Participants were recruited at an Israeli FM/CFS patient meeting held in May 2013, and through an announcement posted on several social networks. Participants were asked to complete a research questionnaire, which included FMS criteria and severity scales, and measures of personality, emotional functioning, positivity, social support and subjective assessment of general health. In total, 204 participants completed the research questionnaire (40.7% attrition rate). RESULTS: A cluster analysis produced two distinct clusters, which differed significantly on psychological variables, but did not differ on demographic variables or illness severity. As compared to cluster number 2 (N = 107), participants classified into cluster number 1 (N = 97) showed a less adaptive pattern, with higher levels of Harm Avoidance and Alexithymia; higher prevalence of Type D personality; and lower levels of Persistence (PS), Reward dependence (RD), Cooperation, Self-directedness (SD), social support and positivity. CONCLUSION: The significant pattern of results indicates at least two distinct personality profiles of FM and CFS patients. Findings from this research may help improve the evaluation and treatment of FM and CFS patients, based on each patient’s unique needs, psychological resources and weaknesses, as proposed by the current trend of personalized medicine.
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spelling pubmed-50287832016-09-26 Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients Ablin, Jacob N. Zohar, Ada H. Zaraya-Blum, Reut Buskila, Dan PeerJ Anaesthesiology and Pain Management OBJECTIVE: The current study is an innovative exploratory investigation, aiming at identifying differences in personality profiles within Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients. METHOD: In total, 344 participants (309 female, 35 male) reported suffering from FMS and/or CFS and consented to participate in the study. Participants were recruited at an Israeli FM/CFS patient meeting held in May 2013, and through an announcement posted on several social networks. Participants were asked to complete a research questionnaire, which included FMS criteria and severity scales, and measures of personality, emotional functioning, positivity, social support and subjective assessment of general health. In total, 204 participants completed the research questionnaire (40.7% attrition rate). RESULTS: A cluster analysis produced two distinct clusters, which differed significantly on psychological variables, but did not differ on demographic variables or illness severity. As compared to cluster number 2 (N = 107), participants classified into cluster number 1 (N = 97) showed a less adaptive pattern, with higher levels of Harm Avoidance and Alexithymia; higher prevalence of Type D personality; and lower levels of Persistence (PS), Reward dependence (RD), Cooperation, Self-directedness (SD), social support and positivity. CONCLUSION: The significant pattern of results indicates at least two distinct personality profiles of FM and CFS patients. Findings from this research may help improve the evaluation and treatment of FM and CFS patients, based on each patient’s unique needs, psychological resources and weaknesses, as proposed by the current trend of personalized medicine. PeerJ Inc. 2016-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5028783/ /pubmed/27672497 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2421 Text en © 2016 Ablin et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title_full Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title_fullStr Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title_full_unstemmed Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title_short Distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
title_sort distinctive personality profiles of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
topic Anaesthesiology and Pain Management
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2421
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