Abstract
BackgroundStudies assessing personality dimensions by the “Temperament and Character Inventory” (TCI) have previously found an association between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and lower Novelty Seeking and higher Harm Avoidance scores. Here, we aimed to describe personality dimensions of PD patients with motor fluctuations and compare them to a normative population and other PD populations.MethodsAll PD patients awaiting Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) answered the TCI before neurosurgery. Their results were compared to those of historical cohorts (a French normative population, a de novo PD population, and a PD population with motor fluctuations).ResultsMost personality dimensions of our 333 included PD patients with motor fluctuations who are candidates for DBS were different from those of the normative population and some were also different from those of the De Novo PD population, whereas they were similar to those of another population of PD patients with motor fluctuations.ConclusionsDuring the course of PD, personality dimensions can change in parallel with the development of motor fluctuations, either due to the evolution of the disease and/or dopaminergic treatments.
Highlights
Initial studies characterized Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients as rigid, introverted, obsessional, and depressive
During the course of PD, personality dimensions can change in parallel with the development of motor fluctuations, either due to the evolution of the disease and/or dopaminergic treatments
This is a secondary analysis of our PSYCHO-STIM [2] study, for which the objective was to identify personality dimensions associated with quality of life in PD patients awaiting deep brain stimulation of the sub-thalamic nucleus (DBS-STN)
Summary
Studies assessing personality dimensions by the “Temperament and Character Inventory” (TCI) have previously found an association between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and lower Novelty Seeking and higher Harm Avoidance scores. We aimed to describe personality dimensions of PD patients with motor fluctuations and compare them to a normative population and other PD populations
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