Is the road to burnout paved with perfectionism? The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in... female patients.., 2023, Reinhardt

Journal of Clinical Pyschology

Is the road to burnout paved with perfectionism? The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in a clinical longitudinal sample of female patients with stress-related exhaustion

22 October 2023

Abstract
Objectives
Few studies have investigated the relationship between stress-related mental health problems and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Similarly, little research has focused on the moderating effect of OCPD on recovery in clinical patients with stress-related mental health problems. The general aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of OCPD and the associations between OCPD and level of burnout, anxiety, and depression symptoms, during a 7-years follow-up in a clinical longitudinal sample of female patients with stress-related exhaustion.

Method
The included patients (n = 84) were referred to a specialist outpatient clinic for patients with stress-related exhaustion between 2006 and 2011. Data was collected at the initial examination and during a 7-year treatment follow-up.

Results
OCPD was the most common personality disorder in the present clinical sample, with 40% of patients fulfilling the criteria. There was a significant association between OCPD and the degree of burnout symptoms as well as the degree of depression, both at baseline and during the 7-year follow-up. No significant association between OCPD and levels of anxiety was observed.

Conclusion
The results support the hypothesis that there might be an association between OCPD and stress-related exhaustion, including preservation of symptoms over time. OCPD and its related traits, such as perfectionism, may be important factors to consider when constructing effective treatment and rehabilitation plans for these patients.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jclp.23617

(ME/CFS patients were excluded
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2.1.4 Exclusion criteria

Patients with generalized pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, thyroid disease, vitamin B-12 deficiency, alcohol/drug addiction, other psychiatric illnesses than depression and anxiety, and other somatic diseases that could explain fatigue were not accepted as patients at the clinic and thus not eligible for this study.")


even so, what a load of rubbish.

 

What’s fema?

 

The thread title is truncated - should read female patients

 

It does if you are obsessed with these sorts of ideas and feel compelled to research them.

 

Burnout is a particular catch all / has particular fascination in Sweden. @Kalliope may explain better.

at least there were sensible exclusions.

 

Yes, it seems burnout is talked about a lot in Sweden, under the name of "chronic fatigue syndrome" (kronisk utmattningssyndrom) just to make matters more complicated. I remember reading that an annual seminar by the Swedish Medical Association about burnout syndrome and ME, had a record of participants.