Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

BMC Pediatrics

Cecilia Åslund¹  Lisa Ekselius²  Jerzy Leppert¹  Emelie Condén¹ 

[1] Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital, S-721 89, Västerås, Sweden;Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

关键词: Type D personality;    Social inhibition;    Psychosomatic symptoms;    Negative affectivity;    Musculoskeletal pain;    Adolescents;   

Others  :  1164278
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2431-13-11

 received in 2011-10-14, accepted in 2013-01-10,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Type D personality, or the “distressed personality”, is a psychosocial factor associated with negative health outcomes, although its impact in younger populations is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Type D personality and the associations between Type D personality and psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescences.

Methods

A population-based, self-reported cross-sectional study conducted in Västmanland, Sweden with a cohort of 5012 students in the age between 15–18 years old. The participants completed the anonymous questionnaire Survey of Adolescent Life in Västmanland 2008 during class hour. Psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain were measured through index measuring the presence of symptoms and how common they were. DS14 and its two component subscales of negative affectivity (NA) and social inhibition (SI) were measured as well.

Results

There was a difference depending on sex, where 10.4% among boys and 14.6% among girls (p = < 0.001) were defined as Type D personality. Boys and girls with a Type D personality had an approximately 2-fold increased odds of musculoskeletal pain and a 5-fold increased odds of psychosomatic symptoms. The subscale NA explained most of the relationship between Type D personality and psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain. No interaction effect of NA and SI was found.

Conclusions

There was a strong association between Type D personality and both psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain where adolescent with a type D personality reported more symptoms. The present study contributes to the mapping of the influence of Type D on psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Condén et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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