PREVALENCE OF TYPE D PERSONALITY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND THEIR RISK FACTORS ACCORDING TO THE ESSE STUDY CONDUCTED IN KEMEROVO REGION

• Main Authors: A. N. Sumin, O. I. Raykh, E. V. Indukaeva, G. V. Artamonova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stolichnaya Izdatelskaya Kompaniya 2015-09-01
• Series: Racionalʹnaâ Farmakoterapiâ v Kardiologii
• Subjects: тип личности Д; факторы риска; сердечно-сосудистые заболевания; исследование ЭССЕ-РФ
• Online Access: http://www.rpcardio.ru/jour/article/view/88

<p><strong>Aim.</strong> To study the prevalence of type D personality and its association with cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in Russia’s population.</p><p><strong>Material and methods.</strong> The research was conducted within the framework of multicentre epidemiological study ESSE-RF. The total sample size was 1610 patients (men and women aged 25-64 years). The type D personality was assessed using questionnaire DS-14. The patients were divided into two groups: patients with the presence of type D personality (n=231) and patients without type D personality (n=1379). Arterial hypertension, smoking, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and obesity were accepted as major cardiovascular risk factors that are well studied and used in the most of the known cardiovascular risk assessment models.</p><p><strong>Results.</strong> Type D personality was detected in 231 (14.3%) patients. Among patients with the type D personality as compared with those without one arterial hypertension (r=0.033), ischemic heart disease (r=0.053), vascular diseases of a brain (r=0.041) were revealed more often. Type D personality was associated with such risk factors as diabetes, smoking duration, low physical activity, overweight and obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion.</strong> The study results can be useful in the development and carrying out programs of primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.</p>