Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 37 No. 4, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2025.486
The relationship of myofascial pain syndrome with type D personality and childhood trauma
Mine Uzgel
; Psychiatry, Eregli State Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Sevtap Badil Guloglu
; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Antalya Training And Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
Serhat Tunc
; Department of Psychiatry, Yeditepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to explore the properties and impacts of D-type personality, sexual dysfunction, and childhood trauma on pain, quality of life, somatization, depression, and anxiety symptoms in Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) patients. Subjects and Methods: This case-control study was conducted in the University Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic, Turkey. Sociodemographic data form, visual analog scale (VAS), Short Form (SF-36), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Type D Personality Scale (DS-14), Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SAS), Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) were administered for all volunteers. Results: VAS, BDI, BAI, SAS, ASEX scores, and all subgroup scores of CTQ, and DS-14 were remarkably higher in the patient group (p<0.05) in comparison to the healthy control (HC) group. On the other hand, the Quality of Life Inventory subgroup scales were significantly lower in MPS patients than the control group (p<0.05). Type D personality (OR=9.35), sexual dysfunction (OR=6.92), and childhood trauma (OR=3.74) were found as risk factors in MPS. Conclusion: Type D personality, childhood trauma, depression, anxiety, somatization, sexual dysfunction, and decreased life quality were found more commonly in MPS patients compared to the control group. Type D personality characteristics, childhood trauma, and sexual dysfunction are directly related to MPS' risk. This study was thought to contribute to the literature on improving preventive mental health by determining and reducing the MPS risk factors.
Keywords
Childhood trauma; depression; myofascial pain syndrome; quality of life; sexual dysfunction; type D personality
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Publication date:
22.12.2025.
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