The Impact of Personality Traits on the Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty

Table 3

Personality traits in satisfied and dissatisfied patients after total knee arthroplasty—as assessed by Freiburg Personality Inventory-Revised (FPI-R).

FPI scales	Satisfied patients ()	Dissatisfied patients ()	value
Life satisfaction	9.5 (±2.3)	7.4 (±3.3)	0.006
Social orientation	7.8 (±2.3)	7.4 (±2.8)	0.56
Performance orientation	8.3 (±2.5)	6.5 (±2.7)	0.015
Inhibition	4.5 (±2.5)	5.5 (±4)	0.23
Excitability	3.8 (±2.9)	4.9 (±2.9)	0.19
Aggressiveness	35 (±2.9)	4.5 (±3.3)	0.27
Strain	4.3 (±3.3)	5.4 (±4.7)	0.3
Somatic distress	3.4 (±2.5)	6.1 (±3.2)	0.001
Health worries	6.8 (±2.7)	7.3 (±2.6)	0.5
Openness	4.5 (±2.5)	4.6 (±2.2)	0.89
Extraversion	7.4 (±2.8)	6.1 (±2.9)	0.1
Emotional stability	4.4 (±3.3)	7.6 (±4)	0.002

A statistically significant difference.