title: Type D Personality and Essential Hypertension in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Within a Cohort of Patients Visiting General Practitioners.
abstract: To estimate the relationship between type D personality and essential hypertension among patients visiting their GPs for any health problem, 101 hypertensive and 138 nonhypertensive patients were consecutively recruited and assessed using the Type D Personality Scale (DS14). The predictive value of type D personality was determined using a logistic regression model, taking into account the differences in recognized confounders between groups. Type D personality in the hypertension group was twice as frequent as in the no hypertension group and hypertension was more frequent among type D than non-type D patients. Logistic regression showed a significant predictive value of type D personality for hypertension, adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, family history of hypertension, living condition, education, and employment. Therefore, type D personality was strongly related to hypertension and it was a noteworthy predictor of hypertension in a real-world cohort of primary care patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Orbassano (TO), Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Versino
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gammino
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colombi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ostacoli
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carletto
authors.forename: Pier Maria
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.forename: Rocco Luigi
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Picci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000075222:Essential Hypertension; D005260:Female; D058006:General Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D064415:Type D Personality