During the past decades there was an increasing predominance of chronic disorders, with a
large number of people living with chronic diseases that can adversely affect their quality of …

Background: Prospective studies on physically healthy subjects have shown an association
between depression and the subsequent development of coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Objective: Type D personality—a joint tendency toward negative affectivity (NA) and social
inhibition (SI)—is related to poor cardiac prognosis, but there is no standard for assessing …

Several recent reviews (eg, LC Gallo & K. Matthews, 2003; A. Rozanski, JA Blumenthal, & J.
Kaplan, 1999; R. Rugulies, 2002) have identified 3 affective dispositions--depression …

Context Anxiety and depression are associated with mechanisms that promote
atherosclerosis. Most recent studies of emotional disturbances in coronary artery disease …

Objective. Acute and chronic psychological distress have been associated with coronary
heart disease (CHD) but little is known about the determinants of distress as a coronary risk …

Specific negative emotions have been related to adverse cardiac events, but a general
propensity to psychological distress may also affect cardiovascular outcomes. In this …

Background The objective was to review all available literature concerning Type D
(distressed) personality among the general population and to discuss its implications for …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly measured as an outcome
for clinical and health services research. However, relatively little is known about how non …

Background Since 1995, the association of type D personality and mortality in patients with
cardiovascular diseases has been increasingly investigated. Purpose The aim of this meta …