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Ortelbach N, Rote J, Dingelstadt AML, Stolzenburg A, Koenig C, O'Malley G, Quinlivan E, Fiebig J, Pfeiffer S, König B, Simhandl C, Bauer M, Pfennig A, Stamm TJ. The big five model in bipolar disorder: a latent profile analysis and its impact on longterm illness severity. Int J Bipolar Disord 2022; 10:1. [PMID: 35041119 PMCID: PMC8766615 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-021-00248-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Using a personality typing approach, we investigated the relationship between personality profiles and the prediction of longterm illness severity in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). While previous research suggests associations between BD and traits from the NEO-FFI profiles, the current study firstly aimed to identify latent classes of NEO-FFI profiles, and, secondly, to examine their impact on the longterm prognosis of BD. Methods Based on the NEO-FFI profiles of 134 euthymic patients diagnosed with BD (64.2% female, mean age = 44.3 years), successive latent profile analyses were conducted. Subsequently, a subsample (n = 80) was examined prospectively by performing multiple regression analysis of the latent classes to evaluate the longitudinal course of the disease (mean: 54.7 weeks) measured using a modified Morbidity Index. Results The latent profile analyses suggested a 3-class model typifying in a resilient (n = 68, 51%), vulnerable (n = 55, 41%) and highly vulnerable (n = 11, 8%) class. In the regression analysis, higher vulnerability predicted a higher longterm Morbidity Index (R2 = 0.28). Conclusions Subgroups of patients with BD share a number of discrete personality features and their illness is characterized by a similar clinical course. This knowledge is valuable in a variety of clinical contexts including early detection, intervention planning and treatment process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Niklas Ortelbach
- Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Anna Stolzenburg
- Department of Psychology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Straße 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Straße 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany
| | - Grace O'Malley
- Department of Psychology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Straße 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Esther Quinlivan
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - Jana Fiebig
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Bipolar Center, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.,Faculty of Medicine, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
| | - Thomas J Stamm
- Department of Psychology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Straße 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany. .,Schloss Luetgenhof Hospital, Centre for Personal Medicine, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Dassow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
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