Open AccessType D Personality and Mortality in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Author(s) -
Annelies E. Aquarius
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2009.75
Subject(s) - medicine , type d personality , odds ratio , interquartile range , personality , type a and type b personality theory , confidence interval , disease , personality type , surgery , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , anxiety , coronary heart disease
Type D personality refers to the tendency to experience negative emotions and to inhibit self-expression in social interaction and has been shown to be an independent predictor of mortality in cardiac disease. Information about the effects of psychological traits on prognosis is lacking in cases of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
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