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Are the physical and TABP risk factors for heart disease unique to CHD?
Author(s) -
Wright Logan
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199211)48:6<705::aid-jclp2270480603>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - type a and type b personality theory , psychology , risk factor , coronary heart disease , family history , physical activity , significant difference , medicine , clinical psychology , physical therapy
Scores of 40 hospitalized CHD patients on 11 Type A‐related and 7 physical CHD risk factors were compared to those of 40 hospitalized non‐CHD patients. Family history for CHD was the only physical risk factor for which a significant difference was found. CHD patients scored significantly higher on all seven interview‐measured Type A and Type A subcomponent variables. Only two of the four Jenkins Activity Survey‐measured Type A variables produced significant differences, with one higher for non‐CHD subjects. It was concluded that some CHD risk scores also may be associated with other diseases, to the experience of being seriously ill, and/or to the experience of hospitalization.