Therefore, the aim of this study was to look at the relative contribution of caregiver personality on their quality of life, specifically attempting to identify those traits, which may be protective or harmful.
Extraversion was the only dimension of caregiver's personality that determined the use of caregiver strategies to deal with BPSD.
Whilst a number of factors clearly impact on a PD caregiver's QoL, no known research has examined whether a caregiver's personality confers vulnerability to decreased QoL or conversely offers protection.
Caregiver's personality should be taken into account when designing adapted intervention programs.
However, that study did not include a measurement of the caregiver's personality, which suggests that in clinical practice, incorporating screening of personality and psychological distress may be worthwhile to detect those caregivers for intervention programs early.
This might reflect the fact that those caregivers having the openness personality trait tend to ask more questions and are amenable to new experiences, adapting to potential stressors.
Whether due to pre-existing coping mechanisms or individual personalities, some caregivers and patients approached the disease in unique ways.
Personality of family caregiver is an important factor influencing the caregiver's burden, depression and distress.
This large sample of PD patients and caregivers allowed multivariate modelling of personality attributes whilst controlling for possible confounds related to the patient and the caregiver.
Conclusions: The results suggest that person-centered, comprehensive, and continuous services from a single caregiver are the core of case management services for persons with borderline personality disorder.
