Table 5.

Spearman correlation between vision recovery and personality traits/Flammer syndrome signs

	Neuroticism-				Extr+	Openness+		Conscientiousness+						Agreeableness+					Flammer syndrome+
	16	26	41	56	12	13	38	20	40	45	50	55	60	9	19	24	34	49	2	3	12	14
HFA
Absolute VFI better eye																						0.39 *
Absolute VFI worse eye					0.40 *					− 0.39 *	− 0.64 **MC
Relative VFI better eye				− 0.40 *										0.40*
Relative VFI worse eye																					0.47*
Absolute MD better eye							0.36 *
Absolute MD worse eye		− 0.43 *	− 0.42 *												0.43*			0.40 *
HRP
Absolute DA better eye	− 0.47 **						0.40 *
Relative DA better eye	−0.44 *						0.44 *
Relative DA worse eye																− 0.38 *	− 0.37 *
Absolute Fix better eye								0.37 *
Absolute Fix worse eye									0.39 *										0.38 *	0.37 *	0.44 *
Relative Fix better eye								0.37 *
Relative Fix worse eye						0.38 *			0.43 *	0.41 *		0.40 *	0.39 *						0.37 *		0.44 *
Absolute RT better eye	− 0.47 **	− 0.37 *																				− 0.39 *
Relative RT better eye	− 0.45 **																					− 0.40 *

Correlation between vision recovery and NEO-FFI personality single-item scores and Flammer signs. VFI, visual field index; MD, mean deviation; DA, detective accuracy; RT, reaction time; Fix, fixation controls. MC, after Bonferroni correction (p < 0.0027). NEO-FFI items of the factors neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness; agreeableness and with the Flammer syndrome signs; The + and - signs for the NEO-FFI personality factors represent the level of stress burden (- more, + less stress). If the direction of the correlation matches the respective personality factor, this is considered “congruent” with the “stress personality” hypothesis. As shown in italics, 32/36 items were congruent, i.e., patients with a personality with less stress burden showed greater recovery. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. Of note, the only incongruent correlations were found in conscientiousness and FS signs