Distressed personality without a partner enhances the risk of depression in patients with coronary heart disease
- Authors
- Lim, Hong Euy; Lee, Moon-Soo; Ko, Young-Hoon; Park, Young-Min; Han, Changsu; Joe, Sook-Haeng
- Issue Date
- 12월-2013
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- coronary heart disease; depression; partner; Type D personality
- Citation
- ASIA-PACIFIC PSYCHIATRY, v.5, no.4, pp.284 - 292
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ASIA-PACIFIC PSYCHIATRY
- Volume
- 5
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 284
- End Page
- 292
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/101363
- DOI
- 10.1111/appy.12016
- ISSN
- 1758-5864
- Abstract
- IntroductionCultural differences in the combined effects of Type D personality and other mediating factors in the Asian population have not been reported. We examined the influence of the Type D personality in relation to the presence of a partner by measuring symptoms of anxiety and depression, quality of life, self-perception of health status in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients and normal controls. MethodsNormal controls (n=541) and patients with CHD (n=110) were included. All participants completed self-report measures on Type D personality, questionnaires on socio-demographic factors, the Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventory-State (STAI-S), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). By stratifying participant group, personality type, and partner status, eight groups were constructed. ResultsThe subjects with Type D personality showed higher mean scores on the STAI-S and CES-D as well as perception of their health. In cases of depression, CHD patients with Type D personality and without partner showed about a 50-fold increase in odds ratio when compared with non-Type D normal controls with partners. Odds ratio for depression changed from 31.44 to 48.72 in CHD patients with Type D personality based on the existence of a partner. DiscussionHaving a partner significantly predicted the risk of depression. It is important to identify social support systems in CHD patients with Type D personality.
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