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Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome
Background: We aimed to evaluate personality traits in patients with post-COVID syndrome, as well as the association with neuropsychiatric symptoms present in this disorder. Methods: The Big Five Structure Inventory was administered to 93 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of post-COVID syndrome...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35204028 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020265 |
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author | Delgado-Alonso, Cristina Valles-Salgado, María Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso Gómez-Ruiz, Natividad Yus, Miguel Polidura, Carmen Pérez-Izquierdo, Carlos Marcos, Alberto Gil, María José Matías-Guiu, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. |
author_facet | Delgado-Alonso, Cristina Valles-Salgado, María Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso Gómez-Ruiz, Natividad Yus, Miguel Polidura, Carmen Pérez-Izquierdo, Carlos Marcos, Alberto Gil, María José Matías-Guiu, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. |
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description | Background: We aimed to evaluate personality traits in patients with post-COVID syndrome, as well as the association with neuropsychiatric symptoms present in this disorder. Methods: The Big Five Structure Inventory was administered to 93 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of post-COVID syndrome as defined by the WHO and to demographically matched controls. We also performed a comprehensive evaluation of depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep quality, cognitive function, and olfactory function. Results: Patients with post-COVID syndrome scored lower for emotional stability, equanimity, positive mood, and self-control. Extraversion, emotional stability, and openness correlated negatively with anxiety and depression levels. Conscientiousness correlated negatively with anxiety. No statistically significant correlations were observed between personality traits and cognitive function, sleep quality, olfactory function, or fatigue. Personality scores explained 36.3% and 41% of the variance in scores on the anxiety and depression scales, respectively. Two personality profiles with lower levels of emotional stability were associated with depression and anxiety. Conclusions: Our study shows higher levels of neuroticism in patients with post-COVID syndrome. Personality traits were predictive of the presence of depression and anxiety, but not cognitive function, sleep quality, or fatigue, in the context of post-COVID syndrome. These findings may have implications for the detection of patients at risk of depression and anxiety in post-COVID syndrome, and for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-88704882022-02-25 Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome Delgado-Alonso, Cristina Valles-Salgado, María Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso Gómez-Ruiz, Natividad Yus, Miguel Polidura, Carmen Pérez-Izquierdo, Carlos Marcos, Alberto Gil, María José Matías-Guiu, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. Brain Sci Communication Background: We aimed to evaluate personality traits in patients with post-COVID syndrome, as well as the association with neuropsychiatric symptoms present in this disorder. Methods: The Big Five Structure Inventory was administered to 93 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of post-COVID syndrome as defined by the WHO and to demographically matched controls. We also performed a comprehensive evaluation of depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep quality, cognitive function, and olfactory function. Results: Patients with post-COVID syndrome scored lower for emotional stability, equanimity, positive mood, and self-control. Extraversion, emotional stability, and openness correlated negatively with anxiety and depression levels. Conscientiousness correlated negatively with anxiety. No statistically significant correlations were observed between personality traits and cognitive function, sleep quality, olfactory function, or fatigue. Personality scores explained 36.3% and 41% of the variance in scores on the anxiety and depression scales, respectively. Two personality profiles with lower levels of emotional stability were associated with depression and anxiety. Conclusions: Our study shows higher levels of neuroticism in patients with post-COVID syndrome. Personality traits were predictive of the presence of depression and anxiety, but not cognitive function, sleep quality, or fatigue, in the context of post-COVID syndrome. These findings may have implications for the detection of patients at risk of depression and anxiety in post-COVID syndrome, and for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions. MDPI 2022-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8870488/ /pubmed/35204028 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020265 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Delgado-Alonso, Cristina Valles-Salgado, María Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso Gómez-Ruiz, Natividad Yus, Miguel Polidura, Carmen Pérez-Izquierdo, Carlos Marcos, Alberto Gil, María José Matías-Guiu, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title | Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title_full | Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title_short | Examining Association of Personality Characteristics and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Post-COVID Syndrome |
title_sort | examining association of personality characteristics and neuropsychiatric symptoms in post-covid syndrome |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35204028 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020265 |
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