Why the study?
Do Trait Anxiety and Type A personality correlate with endocrine responses (cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline) during major abdominal surgery?
Population
27 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
post-operatively
Authors
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Personality traits may influence perioperative endocrine responses but should not yet guide practice; hypothesis-generating for targeted stress modulation research.
Do Trait Anxiety and Type A personality correlate with endocrine responses (cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline) during major abdominal surgery?
Trait anxiety and Type A personality are associated with distinct perioperative endocrine stress responses during major abdominal surgery.
Salmon et al. (1989) studied this question.
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