Table 3. Categories of personality domains, depression and anxiety patients in study groups.
| Categories of personality domains, n (%) |
Group | p* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pSS N = 105 |
RA N = 52 |
Healthy controls N = 54 |
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| Neuroticism, High and very high ≥96 |
54 (48.6) | 27 (51.9) | 14 (25.9) | 0.005 |
| Extraversion, High and very high ≥121 |
6 (5.7) | 2 (3.8) | 14 (25.9) | <0.001 |
| Openness to experience, High and very high ≥121 |
14 (13.3) | 10 (19.2) | 15 (27.8) | 0.084 |
| Agreeableness, High and very high ≥137 |
14 (13.3) | 7 (13.5) | 4 (7.4) | 0.504 |
| Conscientiousness, High and very high ≥133 |
33 (31.4) | 13 (25.0) | 17 (31.5) | 0.678 |
| Depression, ≥50 | 20 (19.0) | 6 (11.5) | 6 (11.1) | 0.294 |
| Normal (25–49) | 11 (10.5) | 7 (13.5) | 7 (13.0) | 0.637 |
| Mild depression (50–59) | 64 (61.0) | 37 (71.2) | 31 (57.4) | |
| Moderate depression(60–69) | 28 (26.7) | 7 (13.5) | 15 (27.8) | |
| Severe depression (≥70) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Anxiety, ≥45 | 28 (26.7) | 16 (30.8) | 3 (5.6) | 0.002 |
| Normal (<45) | 77 (73.3) | 36 (69.2) | 51 (94.4) | 0.005 |
| Mild to moderate anxiety (45–59) | 25 (23.8) | 16 (30.8) | 3 (5.6) | |
| Severe anxiety (60–74) | 3 (2.9) | 0 | 0 | |
| Most extreme anxiety (≥75) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
*according to chi-square test