Responses to Bortner's Scale and the Eight Basic Emotions by Patients with Acute Coronary Heart Disease at Hospital Admission and Discharge

Čatipović-Veselica, Katija; Ilakovac, Vesna; Durjancek, Josip; Amidžić, Vjekoslav; Burić, Dinko; Kozmar, Damir; Juranic, Brankica

doi:10.2466/pr0.1996.79.1.259

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“…Recently, Catipovic-Veselica et 01. [34] studied 190 patients (134 men and 56 women) with CHD and found that type A behaviour, measured using the Bortner scale, was significantly more common in patients than in controls (75.5% versus 65%) and that individuals with AMI had lower scores at discharge than at hospital admission. This stresses the importance of early psychological counselling taking into account some of the traits of type A behaviour pattern.…”

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Acute Myocardial Infarction: Psychosocial and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men

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Ramos

Prata

et al. 1999

European Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

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Background Controversy still exists over the independent role of psychosocial factors in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study aimed to compare psychometric indices in Portuguese patients surviving a first episode of AMI and a community sample free of AMI.Design A community-based, case-control study. The study sample included 153 male patients with a first episode of AMI and 156 male controls randomly selected from the community.Methods Information on demographic, social, medical and behavioural characteristics was obtained using a structured questionnaire; anthropometric, blood pressure, and serum measurements were performed, and the psychometric evaluation was obtained using a self-evaluation questionnaires (Bortner scale, Beck Depression Inventory, SCL-90-R, Psychological General Well-Being and the Nottingham Health Profile).Results Cases of AMI more often exhibited type A behaviour (15.4 ± 3,0 versus 14.7 ± '2.7, p= 0.041), had more depressive symptoms (1 0.8 ± 8.0 versus 8.6 ± 8.0, P= 0.005) and showed worse scores on general well-being (68.4 ± 17.7 versus 76.6± 16.'2, P< 0.00 l) than controls. Cases were significantly different from controls in terms of years of education (6.7 ± 4.4 versus 9.0±4.7 years, P

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Acute Myocardial Infarction: Psychosocial and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men

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Ramos

Prata

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

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Skills-based Treatment for Alexithymia: An Exploratory Case Series

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Franklin

2002

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A lexithymia is a psychiatric term meaning lack of words for emotion (Sifneos, 1967) and it is a relatively recent term, having been coined in the late 1960s. The newness of the concept is reflected in the small number of well-validated assessment instruments in the area (Stephenson, 1996;Taylor, 1984) and the lack of research studies exploring the efficacy of treatment interventions. Alexithymia is characterised by the following:(a) difficulty describing feelings; (b) difficulty distinguishing between feelings and the bodily sensations that accompany emotional arousal; (c) lack of introspection; (d) social conformity; and (e) impoverished fantasy life and poor dream recall (Taylor, 1994, p. 64).

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Association of Heart Rate and Heart-Rate Variability with Scores on the Emotion Profile Index in Patients with Acute Coronary Heart Disease

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We investigated the link between the eight basic emotions named by Plutchik and heart rate, heart-rate variability in the 114 patients, 86 men and 28 women (M = 53.8 yr., SD = 8.0) with acute coronary heart disease during the initial 24-hr. stay in the coronary care unit and again at hospital discharge. Variability in heart rate was significantly positively associated with scores on Trust (the emotional state acceptance) at hospital admission and discharge in the patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave infarction, on Aggression in the patients with unstable angina at hospital discharge and at hospital admission in the patients with non-Q-wave infarction. There was inverse relation on Timid (the emotional state fear) and Gregarious (joy) at hospital admission and on Distrust (disgust or rejection), Depressed (sadness), and Dyscontrol (impulsiveness) at hospital discharge in the patient with non-Q-wave infarction. There was no significant association between heart-rate variability and the scores on the Emotion Profile Index in the patients with anterior and posterior myocardial infarction. There was no statistically significant association between heart rate and scores on the Emotion Profile Index in the patients with acute coronary disease at hospital admission and discharge. Our results suggest psychological interventions that enhance emotional states represented by the Trust and Aggression scales and minimize those represented by Depressed, Dyscontrol, Timid, and Distrust scales could have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular function in the patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave infarction in a hospital setting.

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Responses to Bortner's Scale and the Eight Basic Emotions by Patients with Acute Coronary Heart Disease at Hospital Admission and Discharge

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Acute Myocardial Infarction: Psychosocial and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men

Acute Myocardial Infarction: Psychosocial and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men

Skills-based Treatment for Alexithymia: An Exploratory Case Series

Association of Heart Rate and Heart-Rate Variability with Scores on the Emotion Profile Index in Patients with Acute Coronary Heart Disease

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