How is type D personality associated with the major psychological outcomes in noncardiac chest pain patients?

Abstract

Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) may lead many problems on the health-care system. Having type D personality has been shown to adversely affect NCCP patients. This study aimed to determine the psychological comorbidities that type D personality is associated with, in patients with NCCP. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 360 patients diagnosed with NCCP. Patients filled out questionnaires about sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors (severity of pain, somatization, cardiac anxiety, fear of body sensations, depression, and type D personality). Type D personality was more prevalent among female (p < 0.005), and those people having this personality showed lower sleep quality (p = 0.001) and sexual life satisfaction (p < 0.001) and more likely to be smoker (p < 0.001). Type D personality is strongly associated with fear of body sensations (β = 5.92, SE = 1.95, p = 0.003), pain intensity (β = 3.53, SE = 0.98, p < 0.001), depression (β = 2.91, SE = 0.62, p < 0.001), and somatization (β = 1.75, SE = 0.55, p < 0.001). Type D personality and major psychological comorbidities were strongly associated. Physicians should consider that having type D personality can be linked to NCCP in an effort to help patients receive effective psychological consultations.

Which symptoms are the psychopathological core affecting the manifestation of pseudo-cardiac symptoms and poor sleep quality in young adults? Symptoms of personality disorders versus clinical disorders

“…If a separate two-factor structure is proposed, it can be beneficial to study the specific contribution of each of them to the manifestation of somatic symptoms and comorbid conditions such as poor sleep quality. Although previous studies have not shown interest in maladaptive personality traits and PDs, some previous studies have mentioned the role of personality traits and CDs in pseudo-cardiac symptoms and comorbid conditions, especially in the elderly population (Kuijpers et al, 2007;Belleville et al, 2014;Foldes-Busque et al, 2016;Sobański et al, 2016;Jiang et al, 2017;Ionescu et al, 2021;Roohafza et al, 2022). Considering that younger people show more somatization and pseudo-cardiac symptoms than the elderly (Hilderink et al, 2013), younger samples were the target population of our study.…”

Üniversite öğrencilerinde Tip D kişilik ve dürtüsellik arasındaki ilişki

“…It has also been shown that type D personality is associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, sleep problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, somatic symptoms, mental distress, suicidal ideas, passive coping, and less social support. [7][8][9][10][11][12] Impulsivity is a key feature of many psychiatric disorders such as affective disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, alcohol dependence, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and bulimia nervosa. Impulsivity is defined as a predisposition to have rapid and unplanned reactions to internal and external stimuli without regard to the negative consequences of these reactions to individuals and others.…”