Download or read book BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: ASSOCIATION WITH FEAR-AVOIDANCE, ANXIOUS AND DEPRESSIVE MOODS written by Stu00e9phane Genevay and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: Emotional and physical dysfunction in chronic back pain patients is mediated by psychological variables rather than by the severity of pain. Assessing personality traits may help clinicians address the complexity of patientsu2019 experiences, and design treatments that target these vulnerabilities. This study aimed to identify the distinguishing personality traits of persons seeking treatment for chronic back pain, and to determine associations between those traits and fear avoidance beliefs, depressive, and anxious moods. Methods: A total of 102 chronic back pain patients (57% males) completed the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised, the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). One Sample t-test was used to compare sample personality means with average population norms. Association between the five personality domains with TSK and HADS scores was assessed using Pearsonu2019s correlation. Linear regression was used to estimate associations adjusted for covariates. Results: Both men and women had significantly lower scores in the Openness to experience domain and significantly higher scores in the Conscientiousness domain than the general population norms. After adjusting for covariates, Neuroticism was associated with higher fear avoidance, depression and anxiety scores. Conversely, Extraversion and Openness negatively correlated with depression scores. Extraversion also inversely correlated with fear avoidance. Conscientiousness negatively correlated with depression and anxiety after adjustment.Conclusion: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to experience and Conscientiousness significantly correlate with fear avoidance and/or depressive and anxious moods. Clinicians will benefit from assessing patientsu2019 personality traits to address protective and risk factors for psychological distress in back pain patients.