Behavioral treatment of angina-like chest pain in patients with hyperventilation syndrome

Hegel, Mark T.; Abel, Gene G.; Etscheidt, Mark; Cohen-Cole, Steven A.; Wilmer, Charles

doi:10.1016/0005-7916(89)90005-0

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“…To avoid continued testing and health-care seeking, these patients may require psychological intervention (e.g., Hegel, Abel, Etscheidt, Cohen-Cole, & Wilmer, 1989).…”

Section: Current Areas Of Personality and Health Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality and Health: Advantages and Limitations of the Five‐Factor Model

Smith

Williams

1992

Journal of Personality

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Interest in the association between personality characteristics and physical health has been renewed in recent years. Theory and research in this area has also been complicated by conceptual and methodological limitations. The present article briefly reviews this literature and discusses the advantages and limitations of the five-factor model of personality as an integrating framework for studies of personality and health. The model has already been fruitfully applied in several contexts, and more possibilities exist. Although it has some potential limitations, the application of the five-factor model--as well as other aspects of current personality theory and research--is likely to facilitate progress in the study of how personality influences health.

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“…To avoid continued testing and health-care seeking, these patients may require psychological intervention (e.g., Hegel, Abel, Etscheidt, Cohen-Cole, & Wilmer, 1989).…”

Section: Current Areas Of Personality and Health Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality and Health: Advantages and Limitations of the Five‐Factor Model

Smith

Williams

1992

Journal of Personality

266

127

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“…The Hyperventilation Provocation Test (HPT; cf. Hegel et al, 1989) required participants to breathe at the rate of 30 breaths/min and was terminated after 180 sec or when a person indicated strong discomfort and wished to stop. This time limit was selected in order to avoid inducing coronary artery spasm which may occur in susceptible patients after 5 min of hyperventllation (Lum, 1987).…”

Section: Illness Fears and Behaviors General Psychopathology And Nementioning

confidence: 99%

Heart-focused anxiety, illness beliefs, and behavioral impairment: Comparing healthy heart-anxious patients with cardiac and surgical inpatients

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Psychological features and complaints of persons presenting to medical settings with heart-focused anxiety and noncardiac chest pain are poorly understood. Comparing 20 healthy heart-anxious patients to cardiac and surgical inpatients and nonpatient controls, we found that healthy heart-anxious patients (a) were as afraid of chest pain and heart palpitations as inpatients with heart disease, (b) were as incapacitated by symptoms and using medical services as much as both inpatient groups; and (c) reported higher levels of cardiac disease conviction, heart awareness, and behaviors designed to protect their heart than surgical patients and nonpatients. Compared to all other groups, healthy heart-anxious patients reported more panic and other anxiety disorders, hypochondriacal beliefs, physical symptoms, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and negative affect. Following a hyperventilation test, heart-anxious patients also indicated more distressing symptoms and thoughts, and felt less safe and in control than surgical patients and nonpatients. Results support efforts for a timely recognition, diagnosis, and behavioral treatment of persons with heart-focused anxiety.

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“…Behavioral techniques such as controlled diaphragmatic breathing, muscle relaxation, or transcendental meditation have resulted in decreased frequency and severity of chest pain episodes. These benefits were maintained during long-term follow-up of 3 to 46 months in several studies [58][59][60].…”

Section: Functional Chest Pain Of Presumed Esophageal Originmentioning

confidence: 79%

Current perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of functional esophageal disorders

Dekel

Fass

2003

Curr Gastroenterol Rep

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Among the functional gastrointestinal disorders, functional disorders of the esophagus are second in prevalence only to irritable bowel syndrome. Progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of the pathophysiology of functional esophageal disorders. In this review we focus on recent advances in their diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, we critically appraise the current understanding of the various clinical aspects of each esophageal disorder. Finally, we highlight unanswered questions and areas of controversy.

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Behavioral treatment of angina-like chest pain in patients with hyperventilation syndrome

Cited by 29 publications

References 11 publications

Personality and Health: Advantages and Limitations of the Five‐Factor Model

Personality and Health: Advantages and Limitations of the Five‐Factor Model

Heart-focused anxiety, illness beliefs, and behavioral impairment: Comparing healthy heart-anxious patients with cardiac and surgical inpatients

Current perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of functional esophageal disorders

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