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The assessment of personality trait and quality of life among the patients with hypertension
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Abstract
Background: The purpose of this research was to assessselected personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion,psychoticism and distortion tendencies) and a subjectivesense of the quality of life in patients with hypertension.
Materials and methods: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) and the Satisfaction WithLife Scale (SWLS) were used in this research.
Results: Sick people manifested a higher level of extraversiontraits (p < 0.001) and lower distortion tendencies (p <0.05) than healthy people. The quality of life in illness wassignificantly lower (p < 0.05) than in health and correlatednegatively with neuroticism (p < 0.05) and positively withthe Lie scale (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: In addition to the theoretical-scientific aspect, thisresearch adds an applicative-therapeutic dimension towardsimproving the quality of life of people with hypertension.
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this research was to assessselected personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion,psychoticism and distortion tendencies) and a subjectivesense of the quality of life in patients with hypertension.
Materials and methods: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) and the Satisfaction WithLife Scale (SWLS) were used in this research.
Results: Sick people manifested a higher level of extraversiontraits (p < 0.001) and lower distortion tendencies (p <0.05) than healthy people. The quality of life in illness wassignificantly lower (p < 0.05) than in health and correlatednegatively with neuroticism (p < 0.05) and positively withthe Lie scale (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: In addition to the theoretical-scientific aspect, thisresearch adds an applicative-therapeutic dimension towardsimproving the quality of life of people with hypertension.
Keywords
personality, quality of life, hypertension
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The assessment of personality trait and quality of life among the patients with hypertension
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231-234
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2013-09-09
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Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2013;17(3):231-234.
Keywords
personality
quality of life
hypertension
Authors
Bernarda Bereza