2020
DOI: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2020.7334
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Type D Personality is Associated With Disease Severity and Poor Quality of Life in Turkish Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract: Objectives: This study aims to investigate the rate of type D personality in Turkish patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and evaluate its associations with clinical parameters of FM as well as its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patients and methods: The study included 100 patients with FM (14 males, 86 females; mean age 34.6±7.4 years; range, 22 to 49 years) fulfilling 1990 American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria and 50 healthy controls (9 males, 41 females; mean age 32.6±6.5 years… Show more

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“…The Big Five theory is widely used in psychology and is one of the most established approaches to describe individual personality traits [ 26 ]. On the other hand, the Type D personality theory was used to initially evaluate the association between patients with heart disease and mortality [ 27 ]; however, a recent study revealed an impact of Type D personality on other chronic diseases [ 28 , 29 ]. As BOS and other occupational stress is often chronic, we thus assumed that Type D personality would also affect nurse BOS [ 30 ] and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) [ 31 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Big Five theory is widely used in psychology and is one of the most established approaches to describe individual personality traits [ 26 ]. On the other hand, the Type D personality theory was used to initially evaluate the association between patients with heart disease and mortality [ 27 ]; however, a recent study revealed an impact of Type D personality on other chronic diseases [ 28 , 29 ]. As BOS and other occupational stress is often chronic, we thus assumed that Type D personality would also affect nurse BOS [ 30 ] and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) [ 31 ].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Big Five theory is widely used in psychology and is one of the most established approaches to describe individual personality traits 26 . On the other hand, the Type D personality theory was used to initially evaluate the association between patients with heart disease and mortality 27 ; however, a recent study revealed an impact of Type D personality on other chronic diseases 28,29 . As BOS and other occupational stress is often chronic, we thus assumed that Type D personality would also affect nurse BOS 30 and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) 31 .…”
Section: Measurement Of Personality Traitsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been reported that the Type D personality negatively affects pain, functional capacity, and quality of life with FM. Incidentally, it has been recommended to determine personality types to better understand personality type‐related pain in FM and to provide a more targeted approach to treatment (Garip et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%