[Psychological factors and ischemic cardiopathies].
In order to evaluate the implications of psychological factors in the genesis of ischaemic heart disease, three study groups applied the same research program to three series of patients, resulting in a total of 2 876 men aged between 40 and 59. The mean follow-up was 73 months. The psychological assessment included the type of behaviour (type A or B) and the presence or absence of neurotic characteristics (note N of Eysenck's inventory of the personality). The results demonstrate that psychological factors definitely do have a place amongst the risk factors of heart disease. The predictive value of the type A personality is more obvious in patients who will develop a myocardial infarction than in patients who will develop angina. Conversely, the degree of neurosis is strongly correlated with angina pain, but is predictive value is low or nil for myocardial infarction. These findings demonstrate the value of multi-dimensional psychological surveys.
D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk
Facteurs psychologiques et cardiopathies ischémiques.