title: [Personality types in patients after vertebral surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare personality types in patients after vertebral surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  74 patients after vertebral surgery were examined with the MPI. 22 patients were operated because of injury. 52 patients were operated because of chronic pain back. The control group consisted of 20 healthy people. Maudsley Personality Inventory created by Eysenck, was used to study personality types.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences in personality types between patients suffering from chronic back pain and patients operated because of injury. Statistically, a significantly higher score in the N scale was noticed in the group with chronic back pain in comparison to patients operated because of injury and in comparison to the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A higher score in the N scale observed in patients suffering from chronic back pain, may suggest a specific personality type of those patients. Higher level of neuroticism may create some difficulties in the acceptation of the illness and adaptation process. It is necessary to take special psychological care of those patients.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach, SAM.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Badura-Brzoza
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matysiakiewicz
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piegza
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rycerski
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Niedziela
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hese
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires