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Study of the relationship between aggression and chronic diseases (diabetes and hypertension)
Author(s) -
Tilov Boris,
Semerdzhieva Maria,
Bakova Desislava,
Tornyova Biyanka,
Stoyanov Drozdstoi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/jep.12502
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , hostility , anger , aggression , physical therapy , psychiatry , endocrinology , clinical psychology
This study focused on the widely examined psychosomatic diseases – diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension as chronic conditions. The B uss– P erry validated questionnaire was used in it to measure aggression in B ulgarian conditions. Aim To study aggression as a predictor and a connection of the chronic diseases diabetes and hypertension. Material and methods The number of the studied people was 142: 54 (38%) men and 88 (62%) women. Thirty‐six of them had musculoskeletal disorders (77.8% women and 22.2% men), 54 had diabetes mellitus (29% women and 25% men) and 52 had hypertension (31% women and 21% men). Results During the statistical analysis of the data, the results from the B uss– P erry questionnaire were compared in the group of patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus with chronic diseases, related to musculoskeletal disorders. Conclusion The study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in 95% of the cases between anger, hostility in patients with diabetes, hypertension and musculoskeletal disorders. The highest levels of physical aggression were observed in patients with arterial hypertension, M = 17.32 ± 0.86. The highest average levels of verbal aggression were observed in patients with diabetes, M = 15.24 ± 0.64. The highest levels of anger were observed with patients with hypertension, M = 17.96 ± 0.90, and hostility – in patients with hypertension, M = 19.15 ± 0.86. The comparison between the four A ggression Q uestionnaire scales showed statistically significant differences between the patients with musculoskeletal disorders and the ones with hypertension and diabetes.