Research aimed to understand personality traits in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients found that they have higher levels of neuroticism and lower levels of openness and extraversion compared to healthy controls. Neuroticism in MG patients correlated with disease severity and was also linked with anxiety and depression, common comorbidities in MG. The findings suggest that psychological interventions could complement pharmacological therapy for MG patients.
Reference: Jordan B, Förster L, Buchholz T, et al.- Personality factors in patients with myasthenia gravis: A prospective study. Brain Behav. 2023 Aug 22:e3228. doi: 10.1002/brb3.3228. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37608592.
