Table 2. The Big Five personality traits and symptom scores (DEQS and OSDI).
| Mean of the score Low/High |
Mean ± SD | DEQS | OSDI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p-value | r | p- value | |||
| Openness |
Conventional/ Imaginative |
44.25 ± 10.81 | 0.015 | 0.913 | 0.075 | 0.587 |
| Conscientiousness |
Negligent/ Conscientious |
45.81 ± 9.88 | 0.075 | 0.587 | -0.026 | 0.848 |
| Extraversion |
Passive/ Active |
48.60 ± 10.66 | -0.118 | 0.391 | -0.112 | 0.414 |
| Agreeableness |
Suspicious/ Trusting |
49.78 ± 9.18 | 0.078 | 0.573 | 0.09 | 0.512 |
| Neuroticism |
Pessimistic/ Optimistic |
44.83 ± 11.93 | -0.353 | 0.008 | -0.28 | 0.039 |
The Big Five personality traits consist of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Only neuroticism shows a significant correlation to the DEQS (r = -0.353, p = 0.008), and OSDI (r = -0.28, p = 0.039). DEQS and OSDI also show a significant correlation (r = 0.837, p < 0.0001). r; Spearman’s correlation coefficient.