Type D personality and cardiovascular function in daily life of people without documented cardiovascular disease. 2011

Ivan Nyklíček, and Ad Vorselaars, and Johan Denollet
Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic disease, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands. i.nyklicek@uvt.nl

Type D personality, the combination of negative affectivity and social inhibition, is associated with poor prognosis in patients with ischemic heart disease. The mechanisms are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to examine whether Type D personality is associated with cardiovascular function in everyday life of people without documented cardiovascular disease. Eighty-six participants (53% women) aged 27 to 60 years who reported work-related non-cardiac health complaints were equipped with ambulatory cardiovascular monitors for 24h measuring heart rate, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, pre-ejection period, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. With and without controlling for age, sex, educational level, body mass index, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption, mood and social contact, Type D personality was not associated with any cardiovascular measure during the day or at night (all F (1, 79) < 1.00, p > .10). When analyzed separately as continuous variables, only the social inhibition component of Type D personality showed a tendency for an association with nighttime systolic blood pressure (F (1, 78) = 3.65, p =.06, η(2) = .04). In conclusion, Type D personality generally does not seem to be associated with unfavorable cardiovascular function in daily life of people without any documented cardiovascular disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007266 Inhibition, Psychological The interference with or prevention of a behavioral or verbal response even though the stimulus for that response is present; in psychoanalysis the unconscious restraining of an instinctual process. Inhibition (Psychology),Inhibition, Psychology,Psychological Inhibition,Inhibitions (Psychology),Inhibitions, Psychological,Inhibitions, Psychology,Psychological Inhibitions,Psychology Inhibition,Psychology Inhibitions
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010551 Personality Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual. Personalities
D010552 Personality Assessment The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term. Assessment, Personality,Assessments, Personality,Personality Assessments
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002318 Cardiovascular Diseases Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM. Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D002320 Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena Processes and properties of the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM as a whole or of any of its parts. Cardiovascular Physiologic Processes,Cardiovascular Physiological Processes,Cardiovascular Physiology,Cardiovascular Physiological Concepts,Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomenon,Cardiovascular Physiological Process,Physiology, Cardiovascular,Cardiovascular Physiological Concept,Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomenas,Concept, Cardiovascular Physiological,Concepts, Cardiovascular Physiological,Phenomena, Cardiovascular Physiological,Phenomenon, Cardiovascular Physiological,Physiologic Processes, Cardiovascular,Physiological Concept, Cardiovascular,Physiological Concepts, Cardiovascular,Physiological Phenomena, Cardiovascular,Physiological Phenomenon, Cardiovascular,Physiological Process, Cardiovascular,Physiological Processes, Cardiovascular,Process, Cardiovascular Physiological,Processes, Cardiovascular Physiologic,Processes, Cardiovascular Physiological
D005260 Female Females
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse

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