Open AccessImpact of Anal Fissure on Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness: A Case-Control Study
Author(s) -
Paloma Luri-Prieto,
Asunción Candela-Gomis,
Antonio PalazónBru,
Felipe Navarro-Cremades,
Vicente Gil-Guillén,
Antonio F. Compañ Rosique
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000507382
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , agreeableness , neuroticism , openness to experience , big five personality traits , hierarchical structure of the big five , extraversion and introversion , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , facet (psychology) , medicine , social psychology
Scientific literature on determining patterns of personality traits in patients with anal fissure is limited. Objectives: To determine whether certain common psychological traits are associated with anal fissure. Methods: A case-control study was carried out in Spain in 2016–2017. Patients with acute or chronic idiopathic anal fissure ( n = 35) and controls ( n = 32) were recruited. The main outcome measures were those defined in the NEO-FFI questionnaire, validated in Spain, which was administered to all the participants. This questionnaire evaluates the following traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Results: Three significant traits were noted: (1) greater neuroticism in the cases (OR 1.19, 95% CI 1.08–1.32, p < 0.001, AUC 0.77), (2) greater openness to experience in the controls (OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.83–0.98, p = 0.015, AUC 0.69), and (3) greater conscientiousness in the controls (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.83–1.00, p = 0.049, AUC 0.69). Conclusions: The cases mainly presented higher levels of neuroticism and lower levels of openness to experience and conscientiousness. Further studies are needed to corroborate our results.