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Objectives: The aim of this case-control pilot study was to examine whether there are differences in personality characteristics between hypertensive and normotensive individuals in terms of the Five-Factor Model (FFM).
Methods: 71 individuals with primary hypertension were compared with 84 normotensive individuals on the DECAS personality inventory, assessing the five basic dimensions of personality according to the FFM.
Results: Agreeableness and emotional stability were associated with hypertension (p-0,0001 for both). Hypertensive individuals showed low and very low agreeableness and emotional stability whereas normotensives scored medium and high in these two dimensions. Lower emotional stability was a risk factor for hypertension (OR=4.51, CI 95%=2.18-9.35). There were no significant differences in openness, extraversion and consciousness between hypertensives and normotensives (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Individuals with low emotional stability/high neuroticism have more than fourfold increased risk of developing hypertension.
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Objectives: The aim of this case-control pilot study was to examine whether there are differences in personality characteristics between hypertensive and normotensive individuals in terms of the Five-Factor Model (FFM).
Methods: 71 individuals with primary hypertension were compared with 84 normotensive individuals on the DECAS personality inventory, assessing the five basic dimensions of personality according to the FFM.
Results: Agreeableness and emotional stability were associated with hypertension (p-0,0001 for both). Hypertensive individuals showed low and very low agreeableness and emotional stability whereas normotensives scored medium and high in these two dimensions. Lower emotional stability was a risk factor for hypertension (OR=4.51, CI 95%=2.18-9.35). There were no significant differences in openness, extraversion and consciousness between hypertensives and normotensives (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Individuals with low emotional stability/high neuroticism have more than fourfold increased risk of developing hypertension.

The Five-Factor Model Approach to Hypertensive Patients: A Case Control Study

“George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Objectives: The aim of this case-control pilot study was to examine whether there are differences in personality characteristics between hypertensive and...

The Five-Factor Model Approach to Hypertensive Patients: A Case Control Study

Published Online: Jan 24, 2022

Page range: 14 - 17

Received: Nov 10, 2021

Accepted: Dec 02, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0062

Keywords
hypertension, Five-Factor Model, personality dimensions, neuroticism, emotional stability

© 2021 Eva-Katalin Lakatos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Five-Factor Model Approach to Hypertensive Patients: A Case Control Study

Published Online: Jan 24, 2022

Page range: 14 - 17

Received: Nov 10, 2021

Accepted: Dec 02, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0062

Keywordshypertension, Five-Factor Model, personality dimensions, neuroticism, emotional stability

© 2021 Eva-Katalin Lakatos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
hypertension, Five-Factor Model, personality dimensions, neuroticism, emotional stability