Personality as independent predictor of long-term mortality in patients with coronary heart disease
The LancetPublished 1 February 1996
Johan Denollet, H Rombouts, Thierry Gillebert, D L Brutsaert, Stanislas U. Sys, D L Brutsaert
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It is found that type-D personality was a significant predictor of long-term mortality in patients with established CHD, independently of biomedical risk factors.
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We found that type-D personality was a significant predictor of long-term mortality in patients with established CHD, independently of biomedical risk factors. Personality traits should be taken into account in the association between emotional distress and mortality in CHD.
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