EXPLORING DIMENSIONS OF IMPULSIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERSONALITY DISORDER DURING THE PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT

Objective:The objective of this work is to describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and to explore the dimensions of impulsivity in patients with personality disorders and to evaluate their evolution during the period of confinement.

Methods:This study included a sample of 60 patients followed in ambulatory consultation at the university psychiatric hospital Arrazi inSaléwith a personality disorder. The description of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics was carried out using a questionnaire. The exploration of the dimensions of impulsivity was carried out based on the BarrattImpulsiveness scale.

Results: The average age of our patients was 28.3 years, most of the patients were male (75%). In our sample, 61.7% had a substance use disorder, 38.3% had a depressive comorbidity. Concerning the impulsivity context, borderline personality disorder was found in 78.3% of our patients, antisocial personality disorder was found in 21.7%. According to the scores obtained on the Barratt Impulsiveness scale, the three dimensions measured were high in all our patients.

Conclusion: Confinement is a mode of adaptation of daily life in crisis situations that has dramatically changed the habits of millions of people throughout the world. It is necessary to underline the great vulnerability of people with a personality disorder to this situation which could expose to a weakening of their psychic state.