[Personality types in patients after vertebral surgery].
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.
Badura-Brzoza
Karina
K
Katedra i Oddział Kliniczny Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach, SAM.
Matysiakiewicz
Jerzy
J
Piegza
Magdalena
M
Rycerski
Wiesław
W
Niedziela
Urszula
U
Hese
Robert T
RT
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