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The diagnostic and predictive potential of personality traits and coping styles in major depressive disorder.
Ho, Cyrus S H; Chua, J; Tay, Gabrielle W N.
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  • Ho CSH; Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore. pcmhsh@nus.edu.sg.
  • Chua J; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. pcmhsh@nus.edu.sg.
  • Tay GWN; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
BMC Psychiatry ; 22(1): 301, 2022 04 28.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35484526
BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a global public health concern that is notably underdiagnosed and undertreated due to its complexity and subjective diagnostic methods. A holistic diagnostic procedure, which sufficiently considers all possible contributors to MDD symptoms, would improve MDD diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to explore whether personality and coping styles can predict MDD status and differentiate between depressed patients and healthy individuals. METHODS: Seventy healthy controls (N = 54 females) were matched to 70 MDD patients for age, sex, ethnicity, and years of education. MDD severity was measured using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, while personality traits and coping styles were measured by the Ten-Item Personality (TIPI) and Brief COPE questionnaires, respectively. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the diagnostic and predictive potential of personality and coping styles. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were also conducted to examine their discriminative ability to distinguish between depressed and healthy individuals. RESULTS: Introversion, lack of organisation skills, and neuroticism were statistically significant in predicting MDD status. Dysfunctional coping strategies, such as denial and self-blame, were also shown to significantly predict MDD status. ROC analyses found both the TIPI questionnaire (AUC = 0.90), and dysfunctional coping (as measured by Brief COPE) (AUC = 0.90) to be excellent predictors of MDD. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate the diagnostic and predictive potential of personality and coping styles for MDD in the clinical setting. They also demonstrate the remarkable ability of personality and coping styles to differentiate between depressed patients and healthy controls.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtorno Depressivo Maior Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtorno Depressivo Maior Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article