title: Anxiety, type A personality and endocrine responses to surgery.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients underwent major abdominal surgery. Trait Anxiety and Type A personality were measured pre-operatively, and plasma cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline were measured pre-, per- and post-operatively. Anxiety correlated positively with noradrenaline but negatively with cortisol and adrenaline. Type A also showed opposite correlations with adrenaline and noradrenaline.
authors: Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Salmon
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Pearce
authors: C C
authors: CC
authors: Smith
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Manyande
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Heys
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Peters
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000097:blood*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D010556:Personality Tests; D014434:Type A Personality
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine