Neuroticism personality trait is associated with Quality of Life in patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Table 3 Pearson’s Simple Correlations between Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Quality of Life and NEO Five-Factor Inventory personality parameters

KPLS	-0.53b	-0.01	0.31	-0.15	-0.03
KSSS	-0.30	-0.02	-0.06	-0.17	-0.15
KSFS	-0.54b	-0.31	-0.09	-0.41	-0.24
KSBS	-0.57b	-0.27	-0.15	-0.27	-0.37
KTSS	-0.61b	-0.29	-0.09	-0.35	-0.32
KSES	0.00	-0.14	-0.24	-0.28	-0.42
KQOLS	-0.38a	-0.13	-0.02	-0.26	-0.31
KSLS	-0.39a	-0.12	0.13	0.02	0.10
KOSS	-0.54b	0.05	0.08	-0.19	-0.07
KCSS	-0.62b	-0.08	0.10	-0.28	-0.10
	Neuroticism	Extraversion	Openness	Agreea- bleness	Conscien- tiousness

The statistical significance was set at P value < 0.05.

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01. KCCQ: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; KPLS: Kansas Physical Limitation Score; KSSS: Kansas Symptom Stability Score; KSFS: Kansas Symptom Frequency Score; KSBS: Kansas Symptom Burden Score; KTSS: Kansas Total Symptom Score; KSES: Kansas Self-Efficacy Score; KQOLS: Kansas Quality of Life Score; KSLS: Kansas Social Limitation Score; KOSS: Kansas Overall Summary Score; KCSS: Kansas Clinical Summary Score; NEO-FFI: NEO Five-Factor Inventory.