The relationship between personality characteristics and the quality of life in patients with epilepsy

Q4 Medicine

Psychiatria Pub Date : 2020-05-30 DOI:10.5603/psych.2020.0012

A. Shamsi, Reyhaneh Sadat Tohidi, M. Shamekhi, H. Amirifard, Alireza Ansarimoghadam

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Abstract

Introduction: Identification of effective factors in the quality of life (QOL) of patients with epilepsy is important in improving their quality of life. Regarding this, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality characteristics and QOL in patients with epilepsy. Material and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 epileptic patients referred to Neurology Clinic of Ali-ibn Abi Talib Hospital in Zahedan, Iran in 2015. The NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) and Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) questionnaires were used to determine the personality characteristics and QOL scores, respectively. Results: The mean of QOL score was 28.94±4.58. Age, gender, marital status, education level, and duration of epilepsy had no significant correlation with the QOL. The QOL showed a negative correlation with openness to experience and neuroticism. However, this variable had a direct correlation with conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion. There was a significant relationship between the predictor variables (extraversion and neuroticism) and the criterion variable (QOL). Therefore, extraversion and neuroticism can be considered as the predictors of the QOL. Conclusions: The extraversion and neuroticism seem to be two predictors of the QOL in the epileptic patients. Accordingly, whereas the patients with high levels of neuroticism had low QOL, this value was higher in those with high levels of extraversion.

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癫痫患者人格特征与生活质量的关系

引言：确定影响癫痫患者生活质量（QOL）的因素对提高他们的生活质量很重要。为此，本研究旨在探讨癫痫患者的人格特征与生活质量之间的关系。材料和方法：这项横断面研究是对2015年在伊朗扎黑丹Ali ibn Abi Talib医院神经科门诊就诊的100名癫痫患者进行的。NEO人格问卷（NEO-PI）和短期健康调查（SF-12）分别用于确定人格特征和生活质量分数。结果：生活质量评分平均值为28.94±4.58。年龄、性别、婚姻状况、文化程度和癫痫持续时间与生活质量无显著相关性。生活质量与体验开放性和神经质呈负相关。然而，这个变量与尽责性、宜人性和外向性有直接的相关性。预测变量（外向性和神经质）与标准变量（QOL）之间存在显著关系。因此，外向性和神经质可以被认为是生活质量的预测因素。结论：外向性和神经质似乎是癫痫患者生活质量的两个预测因素。因此，尽管具有高水平神经质的患者的生活质量较低，但在具有高水平外向性的患者中，这一值更高。

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Psychiatria Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： "Psychiatry" is a quaternary journal addressed to professionals coming from all branches of psychiatry practicing in both hospital and outpatients departments. "Psychiatry" issues original articles, reviews, case reports, commentaries, and translated articles from leading journals in the field of psychiatry. The papers are reviewed by the members of the editorial board. "Psychiatry" also publishes the practice guidelines in sexology. Psychopharmacotherapy is the main field of interests of the quatrernary.