Neuroticism in Young Women with Fibromyalgia Links to Key Clinical Features

Table 3

Independent 𝑡-tests between fibromyalgia patients (FM) and healthy controls (HC) for symptom characteristics and personality traits (means ± standard deviation).

	FM	HC	𝑡	df	𝑃
Symptom Characteristic
Pain	6.36±2.25	0.17±0.10	13.18	47	0.000
Fatigue	8.52±1.33	2.88±2.44	10.16	48	0.000
Sleep	8.24±1.67	3.33±2.75	7.71	50	0.000
Confusion	11.0±4.45	6.19±5.87	3.31	50	0.01
Depression	4.72±2.49	1.41±2.56	4.72	50	0.000
Anxiety	4.76±3.07	1.74±2.16	4.13	50	0.000
Stress	30.16±5.89	24.15±7.30	3.25	50	0.01
Personality traits
Extraversion	24.35±6.29	27.43±5.84	−1.68	50	NS
Neuroticism	25.95±5.22	23.91±6.04	2.36	50	0.05
Agreeableness	35.21±3.94	33.57±4.03	1.07	50	NS
Conscientiousness	35.10±4.24	33.29±5.44	1.20	50	NS
Openness	35.20±5.99	34.43±1.02	0.44	50	NS

NS: not significant.