The Impact of Type D Personality Traits on Quality of Life, Sleep, Anxiety, and Depression in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Comparative Study with Healthy Controls

19 January 2024: Clinical Research

İlknur Topal ^1ABCDEFG* , Taha Can Tuman ^2ADFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942606

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942606

Table 4 Comparison of clinical parameters of fibromyalgia patients according to whether they have Type D personality or not.

	FM with type D personality (n=30)	FM without type D personality (n=20)	P
PSQI	9.3±3.3	8.6±3.9	0.467
BAI	30.5±12.2	22.2±12.0	0.023*
BDI	21.0±10.3	14.7±9.7	0.036*
PF	46.0±22.6	47.2±25.1	0.856
RP	33.3±36.7	37.5±37.6	0.699
RE	31.0±36.0	48.3±42.5	0.130
VT	23.5±13.2	37.0±16.0	0.002*
MH	39.1±19.6	60.6±15.5
SF	45.4±23.7	58.1±23.7	0.070
BP	33.1±18.8	29.8±20.8	0.573
GH	32.1±16.8	40.7±25.3	0.156
FİQ	70.9±15.4	67.7±17.8	0.498
VAS	7.4±1.7	6.5±1.8	0.070
Mann-Whitney U test. BAI – Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI – Beck Depression Inventory; BP – body pain; GH – general health; MH – mental health; PF – physical function; PSQI – Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; RE – role emotional; RP – role physical; SF – social function; VT – vitality; FIQ – Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; VAS – visual analog scale.