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Ibrahim Taymur1, Kadir Ozdel, Ibrahim Gundogdu
1Ibrahim Taymur, M.D., Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Sevket Yilmaz Teaching & Research Hospital , Bursa , Turkey (formerly in Psychiatry Department, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching & Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey ).
Background:
Personality has an important role in understanding both fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and major depressive disorder (MDD).
Aims:
This study considers the question that specific personality features may characterize depressed FMS patients.
Materials And Methods:
To this end, 125 individuals were included in the study: 40 of them diagnosed with FMS+ MDD, 40 with MDD only and 45 healthy controls. Individual Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form (PBQ-SF) scores were compared between the three groups.
Results:
The mean scores for each personality domain of the PBQ-SF were the highest in the MDD group and the lowest mean scores appeared in the control group. Dependent personality and obsessive-compulsive personality scores were higher in the MDD group (t = 2.510, P = 0.014 and t = 2.240, P = 0.028, respectively) in comparison with the FM+ MDD group. However, this difference disappeared when PBQ-SF scores were controlled for depression severity.
Conclusions:
Although some common personality features are evident in FMS patients, it seems that the differences identified are primarily related to depression symptom severity.
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