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Neuroticism in Young Women with Fibromyalgia Links to Key Clinical Features
Joint Authors
Malin, Katrina
Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
We examined personality traits in young women with FM, in order to seek associations with key psychological processes and clinical symptoms.
Methods.
Twenty-seven women with FM and 29 age-matched female healthy controls [HC] completed a series of questionnaires examining FM symptoms, personality and psychological variables.
Results.
Significant differences between characteristic FM symptoms (sleep, pain, fatigue, and confusion) as well as for the psychological variables of depression, anxiety, and stress were found between FM and HC (P<0.001).
Neuroticism was the only subscale of the Big Five Inventory that showed a significant difference between the FM group and HC group [P<0.05].
Within the FM group, there was a significant association between the level of the neuroticism and each of pain, sleep, fatigue, and confusion, depression, anxiety, and stress (P<0.05–0.01).
The association between the level of neuroticism and the level of stress was the strongest of all variables tested (P<0.001).
Conclusion.
The personality trait of neuroticism significantly associates with the key FM characteristics of pain, sleep, fatigue and confusion as well as the common co-morbidities of depression, anxiety and stress.
Personality appears to be an important modulator of FM clinical symptoms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Malin, Katrina& Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen. 2012. Neuroticism in Young Women with Fibromyalgia Links to Key Clinical Features. Pain Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Malin, Katrina& Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen. Neuroticism in Young Women with Fibromyalgia Links to Key Clinical Features. Pain Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494140
American Medical Association (AMA)
Malin, Katrina& Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen. Neuroticism in Young Women with Fibromyalgia Links to Key Clinical Features. Pain Research and Treatment. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-494140
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-494140