July 1, 1987Psychosomatic Medicine
Social support, type A behavior, and coronary artery disease.
Why the study?
Does social support moderate the relationship between Type A behavior and the severity of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing diagnostic angiography?
Population
113 patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography
Comparison
Type A behavior pattern and social support levels vs Type B behavior pattern and varying levels of…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for social support in Type A patients; leaves open prospective validation before any practice change.
Structured PICO
Does social support moderate the relationship between Type A behavior and the severity of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing diagnostic angiography?
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Population
113 patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography
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Intervention
Type A behavior pattern (assessed via structured interview) and social support levels (assessed via Perceived Social Support Scale)
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Comparator
Type B behavior pattern and varying levels of social support
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Outcome
Degree of coronary artery disease (CAD) severity / probability of significant CADsurrogate
High levels of social support appear to mitigate the severity of coronary artery disease associated with the Type A behavior pattern.
Cite This Study
Blumenthal et al. (1987) studied this question.