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NR. 1/2008
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Typ osobowości A
jako jeden z czynników ryzyka jaskry pierwotnej otwartego kąta (JPOK)
Type A Personality as One of the Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Risk Factors
Aneta Hill-Bator1,
Alicja Kuczyńska2, Marta Misiuk-Hojło
1Katedra i Klinika Okulistyki Akademii Medycznej we
Wrocławiu
Kierownik: prof. nzw. dr hab. n. med. Marta Misiuk-Hojło
2Zakład Psychologii Klinicznej i Zdrowia UW we
Wrocławiu
Kierownik: dr hab. Alicja Kuczyńska |
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| Summary: |
Purpose: Evaluation
of the correlation between type A personality, which is
a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, and primary
open angle glaucoma (POAG).
Material and Method: The study included 71
patients with POAG and 72 healthy individuals at the
same age as glaucoma patients, which were a control
group. The ophthalmologic examination was performed in
all participants of this study. Personality type was
measured using the Framingham Type A Scale.
Results: Type A personality was found in 45 % of
patients with POAG and in 29 % in the control group. The
average general result of the test estimating intensity
of the type A personality was 0.597 in the group of
patients with POAG and 0.494 in the control group
(p<0.006). A high statistically significant difference
between these groups was shown in the case of A_R factor
(factor of rivalry). The average intensity value of A_R
factor in groups was found to be as follows: 0.556 in
the group of patients with POAG and 0.413 in the control
group (p< 0.001). Age and gender of participants did not
have any influence on type A test results.
Conclusion: The study shows significantly higher
frequency of type A personality among patients with POAG,
than among persons from the control group. |
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| Key words: |
primary open angle
glaucoma, type A personality. |
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