@article{ref1,
title="Depressive symptomatology and personality traits in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease",
journal="BMC cardiovascular disorders",
year="2020",
author="Tóth-Vajna, Gergely and Tóth-Vajna, Zsombor and Balog, Piroska and Konkoly Thege, Barna",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="e304-e304",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of depressive symptomatology and personality traits with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).   METHODS: The sample of this cross-sectional study comprised of 300 individuals (Mage = 65.3 ± 8.7 years, 61.0% female) recruited from the offices of 33 general practitioners. Based on at-rest ankle-brachial index (ABI) values and claudication symptoms, four subsamples were formed: clear PAD-positive, clear PAD-negative, ABI-negative but symptomatic, and a non-compressible-artery group. The concurrent role of depression (assessed by a shortened version of the Beck Depression Inventory) and personality traits (measured by the Big Five Inventory) in predicting PAD status was examined using multinomial logistic regression - controlled for sex, age, hypertonia, diabetes, smoking, hazardous drinking, and body mass index.   RESULTS: Depressive symptomatology was significant in predicting peripheral arterial disease status even after controlling for both traditional risk factors and personality traits. Among the Big Five personality traits, neuroticism showed a significant, positive relationship with PAD - independently of depression.   CONCLUSIONS: Patients with PAD - even those with asymptomatic forms of the disease - are at higher risk for suffering from depression compared to individuals without PAD, independently of neuroticism, other Big Five personality dimensions or traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2261",
doi="10.1186/s12872-020-01586-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01586-y"
}