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Controlled Clinical Trial
. 2011 Jan;26(1):116-23.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.1.116. Epub 2010 Dec 22.

Assessment of the type D personality construct in the Korean population: a validation study of the Korean DS14

Hong Euy Lim  1 , Moon-Soo Lee, Young-Hoon Ko, Young-Min Park, Sook-Haeng Joe, Yong-Ku Kim, Changsu Han, Hwa-Young Lee, Susanne S Pedersen, Johan Denollet
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Controlled Clinical Trial

Assessment of the type D personality construct in the Korean population: a validation study of the Korean DS14

Hong Euy Lim et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a Korean version of the Type D Personality Scale-14 (DS14) and evaluate the psychiatric symptomatology of Korean cardiac patients with Type D personality. Healthy control (n = 954), patients with a coronary heart disease (n = 111) and patients with hypertension and no heart disease (n = 292) were recruited. All three groups completed DS14, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the state subscale of Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale (CESD), and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The Korean DS14 was internally consistent and stable over time. 27% of the subjects were classified as Type D. Type D individuals had significantly higher mean scores on the STAI-S, CESD, and GHQ compared to non-Type D subjects in each group. The Korean DS14 was a valid and reliable tool for identifying Type D personality. The general population and cardiovascular patients with Type D personality showed higher rate of depression, anxiety and psychological distress regarding their health. Therefore, identifying Type D personality is important in clinical research and practice in chronic medical disorders, especially cardiovascular disease, in Korea.

Keywords: Anxiety; Coronary Disease; DS14; Depression; Hypertension; Type D Personality.

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Mean scores on the measures compared between Type D and non-Type D. Standard deviations are presented on top of bars, *P < 0.001; †P < 0.05. CESD, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale; STAI-S, Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety Inventory-state; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire/Quality of Life -12; CHD, coronary heart disease; HTN, hypertension.
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