Assessment of Personality in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Questionnaire

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, are chronic and debilitating conditions that their prevalence are growing. These diseases have association with psycho-cognitive factors. This study aimed to evaluate the personality traits of such patients by applying the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Questionnaire
Material and We included 100 patients with biopsy proven IBD in this case control study. 100 individuals (57 subjects of the patients’ family members and 43 subjects of non-family members) were considered as controls. We applied MMPI-2RF to evaluate the personality traits of the participants. ANOVA was used to compare the mean scales between the three groups.
Of this fifty scale-questionnaire, only the scales of emotional inadequacy (mean=59.83±10.42 p=0.047), demoralization (mean=63.00±11.21 p =0.025), malaise (mean=64.99±14.58 p =0.001), cognitive complaints (mean=64.66±15.25 p =0.008), self-doubt (mean=57.55±11.04 p =0.34), and neuroticism (mean=61.43±11.94 p =0.048) had a significant difference between the three groups.
The patients with IBD had a higher scales of emotional inadequacy, demoralization, malaise, cognitive complaints, self-doubt, and neuroticism than the controls of non-family and family members. However the differences were significant only between patients with IBD and their non-family controls. We suggest regular psychological and psychiatric counseling for patients with IBD.