. Bahman Sadeghi; . Hamideh Mashalchi; . Sahar Eghbali; . Mina Jamshidi; . Mina Golmohammadi; . Tayebeh Mahvar
Volume 10, Issue 8 , August 2020, , Pages 1-4
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 40% of the world’s fatality and afteraccidents and traumas, is the second leading cause of death in Iran. Given the role of psychologicalcharacteristics ...
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 40% of the world’s fatality and afteraccidents and traumas, is the second leading cause of death in Iran. Given the role of psychologicalcharacteristics such as hostility and anger in the development of certain behaviors and habits affectingheart problems, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between hostility and anger withcoronary artery disease.METHODOLOGY: In this cross‑sectional study, 320 patients referring to the hospital with coronaryartery stenosis enrolled in the study and were available for angiography. Data collection toolsincluded demographic and disease status questionnaires and aggression questionnaire. The datawere analyzed by SPSS software version 16, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient, Student’s t‑,and one‑way analysis of variance tests was used for the statistical analysis.RESULTS: In this case, we have the following. Out of 302 cases, 183 were males and 119 werefemales. One hundred and ninety‑seven patients with coronary artery disease and 105 patients withangiography had no coronary artery disease.CONCLUSION: People with coronary artery disease and healthy controls had no significantdifferences in demographic characteristics, history of illness, and education. Furthermore, there wasno statistically significant relationship between hostility and anger with vasoconstriction. Since there isno relationship between hostility and anger with coronary artery disease, further studies are neededto investigate the presence of mediating variables to design appropriate and preventive interventions.