title: The prevalence of Type D personality in a Trinidadian cardiac population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study investigated the prevalence of Type D personality in persons with self-reported cardiovascular disease and the interactions of Type D personality, reported cardiovascular disease and gender in a Trinidadian cardiac population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between June 2009 and August 2009, 425 participants were recruited from the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) Heart Clinic and all the participants completed the Type D Scale. Clinical and demographic variables were obtained from the sociodemographic questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two per cent of participants with self-reported cardiovascular disease were identified as Type D as compared to 26% of participants who did not report having a cardiovascular illness. The odds ratio indicated individuals identified with Type D personality are 2.0 times more likely to report having cardiovascular disease and females with cardiac disease are 1.6 times more likely to be identified with Type D personality as compared to males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Previous studies suggest Type D personality is a risk factor for adverse prognosis in the cardiac population, therefore future research examining the link between Type D personality and cardiovascular disease is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; and School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, 341 Norman Bethune College, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. tinachangoor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T M R
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Changoor
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology; D064415:Type D Personality