| Bearing grudges and physical health: relationship to smoking, cardiovascular health and ulcers. | |
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PMID: 19387519 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Personality traits are reported to be associated with a variety of medical comorbidities. Correlational studies report an association between 'bearing grudges' and medical conditions. We hypothesize persons reporting "bearing grudges for years" would be more likely to have medical comorbidities and test this hypothesis in an epidemiological sample. METHODS: The National Comorbidity Survey Replication is a probability sample of the US population designed to constitute a nationally representative sample (N = 9,882). Associations were measured in odds ratios (95% CI) and adjusted using logistic regression. Confounders included: gender, age, race, and smoking status. We tested the hypothesis on 14 following medical conditions: heart disease, high blood pressure, history of heart attack, asthma, diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, arthritis, neck problems, headaches, stroke, and ulcers. Significance levels were adjusted for multiple comparisons using the Bonferoni procedure. RESULTS: Positive and statistically significant associations were found, after adjusting for confounders and correcting for multiple comparisons, between bearing grudges and history of heart attack (odds ratio 2.1, 95% CI 1.5-2.9) and disease (1.6, 1.2-2.2); high blood pressure (1.5, 1.3-1.7), stomach ulcers (1.6, 1.3-1.9); arthritis (1.5, 1.3-1.9); back problems (1.6, 1.4-1.8); headaches (1.8, 1.6-2.1); and chronic pain (1.7, 1.4-2.1). No association was found with history of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, allergies, stroke, and cancer. CONCLUSIONS: In a population-based survey, bearing grudges is associated with a history of pain disorders, cardiovascular disease, and stomach ulcers. These results point to the importance of psychosomatic research in medical settings. |
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Authors:
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Erick Messias; Anil Saini; Philip Sinato; Stephen Welch |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article Date: 2009-04-23 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology Volume: 45 ISSN: 1433-9285 ISO Abbreviation: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-02-12 Completed Date: 2010-03-15 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804358 Medline TA: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 183-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia, USA. emessias@gmail.com |
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Adult Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology* Chronic Disease / epidemiology*, psychology Comorbidity Female Health Status Hostility Humans Male Middle Aged Peptic Ulcer / epidemiology* Personality / classification* Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data* Psychosomatic Medicine Questionnaires Risk Factors Sampling Studies Smoking / epidemiology* Somatoform Disorders / epidemiology Stress, Psychological / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology |
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