Comparison of personality and psychopathology in patients with Fabry disease and patients with end-stage renal disease: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study aimed to investigate personality characteristics and psychopathological symptoms in patients with Fabry disease (FD) vs a group of individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Methods

A total of 36 patients, equally divided into patients with FD and patients with ESRD (control group), were administered the following tools: the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III (MCMI-III) to evaluate personality psychopathology and the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) to assess symptoms of psychopathology.

Results

Significantly higher levels of Schizoid, Depressive, and Negativistic personality traits emerged in FD patients. Moreover, statistically significant differences in Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Obsessive-Compulsive, Depression, S

SUBMITTER: De Pasquale C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11903431 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature