title: [Various personality traits of patients with psoriatic arthropathy].
abstract: It is well known that patients affected by rheumatic diseases may present specific pathological trends in personality structure, as has been extensively reported in literature. Our study was aimed at investigating several aspects of the personality traits of 20 patients with psoriatic arthropathy, compared with a group of 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. All patients were evaluated with appropriate rating scales assigned in auto and hetero-administration. The study results points to a personality trait disturbance in psoriatic arthritis patients, which can be clearly differentiated from the anxious habitus and/or reactive-depressive state observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università degli Studi, Siena.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senesi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonelli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gennari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000523:psychology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests
vernacular_title: Su alcuni aspetti della personalità in pazienti affetti da artropatia psoriasica.