Patient personality and mortality: A 4-year prospective examination of chronic renal insufficiency
| Autor: | Alan J. Christensen, John S. Wiebe, Patricia J. Moran, William J. Lawton, Karin Ferneyhough, Katherine Raichle, Shawna L. Ehlers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Proportional hazards model Mortality rate media_common.quotation_subject Conscientiousness medicine.disease Neuroticism Comorbidity Surgery Psychiatry and Mental health Internal medicine medicine Personality Big Five personality traits Psychology Applied Psychology media_common Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Health Psychology. 21:315-320 |
| ISSN: | 1930-7810 0278-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/0278-6133.21.4.315 |
| Popis: | The present study examined the role of personality as a predictor of mortality among patients with chronic renal insufficiency. A prospective evaluation of the influence of personality on patient survival was conducted over an average 49-month period. Cox regression was used to evaluate the effects of 5 dimensions of personality in a sample of 174 patients (100 male and 74 female). At follow-up, 49 patients had died. Significant demographic and clinical predictors of survival included age, diabetic status, and hemoglobin level. After these predictors were controlled for, 2 personality traits, conscientiousness and neuroticism, predicted patient mortality. Patients with high neuroticism scores had a 37.5% higher estimated mortality rate. Patients with low conscientiousness scores had a 36.4% increased mortality rate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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