TABLE 2.
Personality Disorders in depressed patients with and without a history of Emotional and Physical Abuse (EPA)
| Characteristics | Patients with EPA (n=78) | Patients without EPA (n=234) | test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality Disorders (SCID-II)* | N | % | N | % | X2 or Fisher exact test (df=1) | P |
| Any personality disorder (also including depressive, passive-aggressive, NOS) | 41 | 52.6 | 94 | 40.2 | 3.66 | 0.056 |
| Avoidant personality disorder | 19 | 24.4 | 31 | 13.2 | 5.37 | 0.021 |
| Borderline personality disorder | 5 | 6.4 | 13 | 5.6 | 0.08 | 0.779 |
| Dependent personality disorder | 3 | 3.8 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.715 | |
| Depressive personality disorder | 7 | 9.0 | 21 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Narcissistic personality disorder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | |
| Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder | 18 | 23.1 | 35 | 15.0 | 2.73 | 0.980 |
| Paranoid | 9 | 11.5 | 9 | 3.8 | 6.37 | 0.012 |
| Passive-aggressive | 3 | 3.8 | 6 | 2.6 | 0.696 | |
| Schizoid | 3 | 3.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.372 | |
| Histrionic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | |
| Cluster A | 10 | 12.8 | 12 | 5.1 | 5.28 | 0.022 |
| Cluster B | 5 | 6.4 | 16 | 6.8 | 0.017 | 0.896 |
| Cluster C | 34 | 43.6 | 63 | 29.6 | 7.85 | 0.006 |
*
no patient met criteria for antisocial personality disorder or for schizotypal personality disorder