The Relationship between Type D Personality and Heart Rate Variability in Community Mental Health Center Users
| Autor: | Sook Haeng Joe, Moon Soo Lee, Noeul Kang, Taik Gun Hwang, Jeung Suk Lim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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business.industry
Type D personality media_common.quotation_subject Poison control virus diseases Disease Personality psychology Cardiovascular disease Mental health Autonomic instability Psychiatry and Mental health Quality of life otorhinolaryngologic diseases Short-term measurement Medicine Personality Heart rate variability Original Article business Biological Psychiatry Clinical psychology media_common circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry Investigation |
| ISSN: | 1738-3684 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Type D (distressed) personality can be regarded as a promising cardiovascular risk marker that has been repeatedly linked to relevant indicators of mental health, quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in cardiac patients. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a non-invasive technology that can provide information regarding a patient's sympathetic/parasympathetic balance and the control mechanisms of the autonomic systems in the cardiovascular system. As both type D personality and HRV are parameters related to the cardiovascular system, we assumed a relationship between type D personality and HRV. This study set out to identify the relationship between type D and HRV and the differences in HRV variables between type D and non-type D personalities. METHODS: Patients who visited Guro Community Mental Health Center from January 2011 to December 2012 were surveyed. They were evaluated using both the Korean version of the Type D Personality-14 for type D personality and HRV. During the survey, those who reported major cardiovascular disease that can affect heart rate variability were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Our analysis included 559 participants, 249 of whom were classified as type D personality. No significant differences were found in the HRV variables between the type D group and the non-type D group. There were also no clinically meaningful correlations between HRV variables and type D total/subscale scores when controlled for patient age. CONCLUSION: A relationship between HRV and type D personality was not identified using short-term HRV measurements in non-clinical patients with no definitive cardiovascular disease. Further studies using long-term HRV measurements in patients with cardiovascular disease are necessary to conclude an association between HRV and type D personality. Language: en |
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