The correlation study about type A and type D personality with coronary heart disease

VernacularTitle:A型、D型人格与冠心病的相关性研究
Author: Jie PAN ; Zhiyin YANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Coronary heart disease; Type A personality; Type D Personality
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(11):967-969
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objectives To explore the effect of type A personality and type D personality on coronary heart disease (CHD) ,and the influence of the two kinds of personality factors with the risk factors of CHD. Methods 123 CHD patients and 116 healthy subjects were randomly chosen to answer the questionnaire of general situation and type A behavior questionnaire(TABQ) and type D personality scale(DS14) and assay the fasting glucose ( GLU ), total cholesterol ( TC ) and triglycerides ( TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ,very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). Results ( 1 )The detection rate of type A personality were respectively 66.7% in CHD group and 40.5% in control group,while type D personality were respectively 39.8% in CHD group and 22.4% in control group (P ＜ 0. 05 ). ( 2 ) There were significant differences in total TABPQ,TH, CH , SI, NA scores between the two groups(P＜ 0.05 ). (3)Coronary heart disease had correlated with gender,history of hypertension, HDL, LDL, GLU and negative affectivity. Conclusion Negative affectivity plays an important role in CHD.