Type D personality in patients with tension-type headache: relationships with clinical features and quality of life

Year 2016, Volume: 41 Issue: 3, 521 - 527, 30.09.2016

Seden Demirci , Semih Gürler Kadir Demirci

https://doi.org/10.17826/cukmedj.237506

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between Type D personality and clinical features and quality of life in patients with tension-type headache (TTH).

Material and Methods: Eighty-three patients with TTH were enrolled in this study. Headache characteristics of the patients were recorded and the severity of headache was evaluated by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Type D personality was assessed using Type D Scale and quality of life was assessed using 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36).

Results: We found that physical and mental subscales of SF-36 scores were significantly lower in TTH patients with type D personality than those without type D personality. The scores of total Type D Scale were found to be positively correlated with headache frequency  and negatively correlated with the scores of physical and mental subscales of SF-36). In multivariate linear regression analysis total score of the type D scale was found to be independently associated with the physical and mental subscale of the SF-36  and headache frequency.

Conclusion: Type D personality traits may lead to an increase in headache frequency and decrease in quality of life in patients with TTH. Therefore, early recognition of type D personality and providing psychological support may contribute to better quality of life in patients with TTH.

Keywords

Tension-type headache, Type D personality, headache, quality of life

Gerilim tipi başağrısı olan hastalarda D tipi kişilik: Klinik özellikler ve yaşam kalitesi ile ilişkiler

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, gerilim tipi başağrısı (GTBA) olan hastalarda, D tipi kişilik ile klinik özellikler ve yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. 

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya GTBA tanısı konmuş 83 hasta dahil edildi. Hastaların başağrısı özellikleri kaydedildi ve başağrısı şiddeti Görsel Analog Skala ile değerlendirildi. D tipi kişilik D tipi Kişilik Ölçeği ile değerlendirildi. Yaşam kalitesi ise Kısa Form-36 (SF-36) Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği ile değerlendirildi.

Bulgular: D tipi kişiliği olan GTBA hastalarında SF-36 fiziksel ve mental bölümü skorları D tipi kişiliği olmayanlara göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde düşük saptandı. Toplam D tipi kişilik Ölçeği puanı ile başağrısı sıklığı arasında anlamlı pozitif  ve SF-36 fiziksel ve mental bölümü puanları arasında anlamlı negatif ilişki bulundu. Çok değişkenli lineer regresyon analizinde D tipi kişiliğin SF-36 fiziksel ve mental bölümleriyle ile başağrısı sıklığı üzerine bağımsız etkisi olduğu saptandı. 

Sonuç: D tipi kişilik özellikleri GTBA hastalarında başağrısı sıklığında artışa ve yaşam kalitesinde azalmaya yol açabilir. Bu nedenle, GTBA hastalarında D tipi kişiliğin erken tanınması ve psikolojik destek sağlanması daha iyi yaşam kalitesine katkı sağlayabilir. 

Keywords

Gerilim tipi başağrısı, D tipi kişilik, başağrısı, yaşam kalitesi

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