Quality of Life and Personality Traits in Dyspepsia Patients and Healthy Individuals: A Case-Control Study

Background: dyspepsia is a common disorder that puts much socio-economic pressure on patients due to its high prevalence. various factors can cause this disorder. objectives: this study investigated the relationship between dyspepsia, quality of life, and personality traits. methods: this case-control study selected 50 people with dyspepsia and 50 healthy people by simple random method. patients’ demographic information was recorded using a researcher-made checklist. then, the whoqol-bref questionnaire measured the quality of life, and the neo-ffi-60 questionnaire assessed personality traits. finally, the data were analyzed using a chi-square test, independent t-test, and multivariate linear and logistic regression by spss software version 22 at the significance level of 0.05. results: the mean score of anger was higher in people with dyspepsia than in healthy people (p = 0.000), but other indicators were higher in healthy people than in people with dyspepsia (p < 0.05). finally, the personality traits of anger, acceptance of new experiences, and conscientiousness had a significant relationship with quality of life in people with dyspepsia (p < 0.05). conclusions: dyspepsia reduces the quality of life and affects the personality traits of individuals. thus, improving dyspepsia can improve patients’ personality traits and quality of life.