Illness perceptions and personality traits of patients with mental disorders: the impact of ethnicity. (17th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Franz, M.; Salize, H. J.; Lujic, C.; Koch, E.; Gallhofer, B.; Jacke, C. O.
• Is Part Of: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Volume 129:Number 2(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 143
• Page End: 155
• Publication Date: 2013-04-17
• Subjects: Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1111/acps.12134
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0001-690X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="acps12134-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="acps12134-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Objective</title> <p>To identify differences and similarities between immigrants of Turkish origin and native German patients in therapeutically relevant dimensions such as subjective illness perceptions and personality traits.</p> </sec> <sec id="acps12134-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>Turkish and native German mentally disordered in‐patients were interviewed in three psychiatric clinics in Hessen, Germany. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐Revised) and the Neuroticism‐Extraversion‐Openness Five‐Factor Inventory (NEO‐FFI) were used. Differences of scales and similarities by <italic>k</italic>‐means cluster analyses were estimated.</p> </sec> <sec id="acps12134-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Of the 362 total patients, 227 (123 immigrants and 104 native Germans) were included. Neither demographic nor clinical differences were detected. Socioeconomic gradients and differences on IPQ‐R scales were identified. For each ethnicity, the cluster analysis identified four different patient types based on NEO‐FFI and IPQ‐R scales. The patient types of each ethnicity appeared to be very similar in their structure, but they differed solely in the magnitude of the cluster means on included subscales according to ethnicity.</p> </sec> <sec id="acps12134-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>When subjective illness perceptions and personality traits are considered together, basic patient types emerge independent of the ethnicity. Thus, the ethnical impact on patient types diminishes and a convergence was detected.</p> </sec> </abstract>