Temperament, stress, and atrial fibrillation

• Authors: Agnieszka Maryniak , Andrzej Hasiec , Bartosz Duda , Michał Orczykowski , Łukasz Szumowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In some patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the causative agent of attack is stress (AF associated with adrenergic activity). In others, AF usually begins during relax or sleep (AF associated with vagal nerve dominance). This study aimed to investigate the individual factors associated with the adrenergic or vagal type of AF. This study included 138 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). Sixty-eight patients reported that AF was frequently triggered by stress (sympathetic-type AF) and 70 patients reported that AF usually began during relaxation or sleep (vagal-type AF). Gender, age, ejection fraction, and temperament were compared across the two groups. Temperament was evaluated using the Formal Characteristics of Behaviour-Temperament Inventory. The groups differed only in temperament. Patients with sympathetic-type AF had a higher score for emotional reactivity (p = 0.002) and perseverance (p = 0.002) temperament traits and a lower score for endurance (p = 0.003) than patients with vagal-type AF and than the average in population.

Keywords

EN

Temperament; atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; stress

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 223-227

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-05-22

Contributors

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Agnieszka Maryniak

• Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, ul.Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland

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Andrzej Hasiec

• Department of Arrhythmia, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

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Bartosz Duda

• Department of Arrhythmia, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

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Michał Orczykowski

• Department of Arrhythmia, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

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Łukasz Szumowski

• Department of Arrhythmia, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0030