Journal article
Patient Personality and Mortality: A 4-Year Prospective Examination of Chronic Renal Insufficiency
Health psychology, Vol.21(4), pp.315-320
07/2002
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.21.4.315
PMID: 12090673
Abstract
The present study examined the role of personality as a predictor of mortality among patients with chronic renal insufficiency. A prospective evaluation of the influence of personality on patient survival was conducted over an average 49-month period. Cox regression was used to evaluate the effects of 5 dimensions of personality in a sample of 174 patients (100 male and 74 female). At follow-up, 49 patients had died. Significant demographic and clinical predictors of survival included age, diabetic status, and hemoglobin level. After these predictors were controlled for, 2 personality traits, conscientiousness and neuroticism, predicted patient mortality. Patients with high neuroticism scores had a 37.5% higher estimated mortality rate. Patients with low conscientiousness scores had a 36.4% increased mortality rate.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Patient Personality and Mortality: A 4-Year Prospective Examination of Chronic Renal Insufficiency
- Creators
- Alan J Christensen - University of IowaShawna L Ehlers - University of IowaJohn S Wiebe - The University of Texas at El PasoPatricia J Moran - University of IowaKatherine Raichle - University of IowaKarin Ferneyhough - University of IowaWilliam J Lawton - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health psychology, Vol.21(4), pp.315-320
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0278-6133.21.4.315
- PMID
- 12090673
- ISSN
- 0278-6133
- eISSN
- 1930-7810
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2002
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984293752502771
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