ArticleEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2021
Impact of borderline personality disorder traits on the association between age and health-related quality of life: A cohort study in the general population.
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- Impact of personality functioning and pathological traits on mental wellbeing of older patients with personality disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2022Trial
- A profile of occupational therapy practice in Australia for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2026Article
- A scoping review of programmes that address the daily living functioning of people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Practice Assessment Tool for the Care of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2025Article
- New horizons in personality disorders-from neglect to necessity in geriatric care.Age and ageing · 2025Review
- Differences in diagnostic rules used to determine borderline personality disorder impact prevalence and associations with clinically relevant variables: Findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.Personality disorders · 2024Article
- Psychopathological Determinants of Quality of Life in People with Borderline Personality Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Functional Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncreasing age as well as borderline personality pathology are associated with a lower level of health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Our objective was to investigate whether the presence of borderline personality traits modifies the association between age and HR-QoL in the general population.
methodsCross-sectional data from 5,303 respondents (aged 21-72 years) of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 were analyzed. Borderline personality traits were assessed with the International Personality Disorder Examination questionnaire. Mental and physical HR-QoL were measured with the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association of borderline personality traits, age and their interaction on mental as well as physical HR-QoL, adjusted for demographic variables as well as somatic and mental disorders.
resultsA total of 1,520 (28.7%) respondents reported one or more borderline personality traits of which 58 (1.1%) reported five or more indicative of a borderline personality disorder. A higher age was associated with lower physical HR-QoL. This negative association became significantly stronger in the presence of borderline personality traits. The association between increasing age and mental HR-QoL was positive in the absence of borderline personality traits and negative in the presence of borderline personality traits.
conclusionBorderline personality traits negatively interfere with the association between age and HR-QoL irrespective of somatic and mental disorders. Attention of clinicians and researchers for subthreshold borderline personality pathology is needed in middle-aged and older persons.
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