Association between different dimensions of anger and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in at-risk cardiovascular patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Mihailo Nesic, Julia Vogel, Jan Philipp Krüger, Werner Wenzel, Ali Sahebi, Tienush Rassaf, Johannes Siebermair, Ulrich Wesemann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1228192
Popis: IntroductionThe common connecting factor between PTSD and cardiovascular diseases lies in the disruption of the stress processing system. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in stress levels worldwide. Due to the life-threatening situation of affected risk patients, this also led to the accumulation of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). The influence of anger on cardiovascular diseases has hardly been investigated so far. The focus of this study is on anger regulation in cardiovascular risk patients. The COVID-19 pandemic is considered as an additional stressor in this study, but not as a separate entity. The hypothesis is that individuals with inward anger are more prone to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).MethodsAs part of the routine examination, all patients who were hospitalized between January 1st, 2021 and May 31st, 2022 with high-risk cardiovascular diseases were included. A total of N = 153 (84.1%) subjects participated in the study. On admission, anger (STAXI-2) and PTSD (PCL-5) were assessed using questionnaires. The relationship between different domains of anger and PTSS was examined.ResultsInwardly directed anger was more pronounced in this population than in a standard sample (+1 SD) and had a significant impact on the presence of PTSD (B = −0.72, p
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