title: Type D personality and quality of life in subjects after myocardial infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Type D or distressed personality, which is a combination of negative affectivity and social inhibition, and poor quality of life (QoL) are considered predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the role of type D personality as a determinant of QoL in patients with cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between type D personality and QoL in patients after a myocardial infarction (MI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Results obtained in 86 patients aged 36-87 (mean 60.5 ± 10.05) years who suffered a MI were analysed. Most of the patients (72.1%) were men. The study tools included the DS-14 scale developed by Denollet to assess personality type and the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire by Fahrenberg et al.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Type D personality was found in 46.5% of respondents. Subjects with this type of personality showed lower QoL compared to non-type D subjects. Among the two dimensions of the type D personality, social inhibition was identified as a predictor of poor QoL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cardiac rehabilitation programs should include interventions to reduce features of type D personality, particularly social inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. noginska@uni.lodz.pl.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogińska-Bulik
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology*; D011044:Poland; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D064415:Type D Personality