title: [Association of anger expression patterns and health status in health care workers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine anger-expression patterns and their association with state and trait anger and physical and psychological health status in health care workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and forty eight nurses, physicians and technicians from a large medical center completed standardized questionnaires of anger, anger-expression patterns and mood. They also had blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose and body mass index measured during their annual physical examinations. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square and ANOVA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects showed two major clusters of anger-expression patterns: anger-control and anger-in/out. Subjects with the anger-in/out pattern reported higher state and trait anger and more anxiety, depression and fatigue than subjects with the anger-control pattern. Physical health indicators, however, were not significantly different between the two clusters of anger-expression patterns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anger-expression patterns are associated with psychological health status but not with physical health status. Anger-expression patterns, however, need to be examined over time to assess their long-term effects on the physical and psychological health status in future studies.
authors.affiliation: The Nursing Policy Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. leewhn508@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Won-Hee
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Duck-Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jin-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Soo-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Gil
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Jae-Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*