Type D Personality and Essential Hypertension in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Within a Cohort of Patients Visiting General Practitioners.
In: The Journal of nervous and mental disease, Jg. 204 (2016), Heft 1, S. 43-8
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To estimate the relationship between type D personality and essential hypertension among patients visiting their GPs for any health problem, 101 hypertensive and 138 nonhypertensive patients were consecutively recruited and assessed using the Type D Personality Scale (DS14). The predictive value of type D personality was determined using a logistic regression model, taking into account the differences in recognized confounders between groups. Type D personality in the hypertension group was twice as frequent as in the no hypertension group and hypertension was more frequent among type D than non-type D patients. Logistic regression showed a significant predictive value of type D personality for hypertension, adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, family history of hypertension, living condition, education, and employment. Therefore, type D personality was strongly related to hypertension and it was a noteworthy predictor of hypertension in a real-world cohort of primary care patients.
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Type D Personality and Essential Hypertension in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Within a Cohort of Patients Visiting General Practitioners.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Oliva, F ; Versino, E ; Gammino, L ; Colombi, N ; Ostacoli, L ; Carletto, S ; Furlan, PM ; Picci, RL |
Zeitschrift: | The Journal of nervous and mental disease, Jg. 204 (2016), Heft 1, S. 43-8 |
Veröffentlichung: | Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Baltimore [etc.], 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1539-736X (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000421 |
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