Prognostic Value of Type D Personality Compared With Depressive Symptoms

摘要

The association between depression and coronary artery disease (CAD) is complex, and a more detailed subtyping of high-risk patients is needed.~(1-3) Type D personality (the tendency to experience negative emotions and to be socially inhibited) is also related to poor prognosis.4 There has been vigorous debate about whether Type D personality adds to the evidence concerning depression.3 It is important to show that the predictive validity of Type D personality extends beyond that which can be predicted by depression, but to our knowledge, no study to date has compared the cognitive-affective symptoms of depression, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), with the Type D personality construct