Personality traits of Japanese patients with focal dystonia—Variable classification by affected body part and occupation—
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- Kobayashi-Noami Kei
- Department of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan Department of Education Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Maruo Kazushi
- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Sakamoto Takashi
- Department of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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- Takahashi Yuji
- Department of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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- Horikoshi Masaru
- National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
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- 本邦における局所性ジストニア患者の性格傾向―発症部位，職業からみた考察―
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<p>We administered the Revised Neo Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) to 92 Japanese patients with focal dystonia and analyzed the relation of their personality traits, affected body parts, and occupations using a decision tree method. Results show that participants’ personality traits were related to their occupation rather than the body part. Occupational dystonia patients including musicians exhibited neurotic tendencies and a high level of anxiety. Moreover, patients with occupational upper limb dystonia had realistic thinking patterns. Patients with musicians’ dystonia were open about their emotional experiences: both positive and negative.</p>
Journal
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- Rinsho Shinkeigaku
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Rinsho Shinkeigaku 59 (12), 791-798, 2019
Societas Neurologica Japonica
