The present study would like to compare personality dimensions from the Temperament and character inventory (TCI) in four groups of patients: PD patients with chronic pain related to PD, PD patients without pain and non-PD patients with chronic pain such as fibromyalgia or chronic headache. Our aim is to evaluate if PD patients with chronic pain related to PD have a different personality than PD patients without pain and to see if this personality is specific to PD.
The present study compare personality of Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients with chronic, PD patients without pain and non-parkinsonian patients with other chronic pain condition.