Clinical Study
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 |
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A statistically significant difference.
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