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J J Trunzo1, R J Petrucci, A Carter
1Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Abstract:
The MMPI and MMPI-2 have been used extensively in the study of personality correlates in various coronary populations. It has been hypothesized that personality variables are associated with various clinical outcomes, such as quality of life, morbidity, and mortality; however, no data are available in a cardiac transplant sample. This study presents descriptive MMPI and MMPI-2 data for male and female patients awaiting cardiac transplant. Analyses of differences in MMPI-2 depression scales between cardiomyopathy groups for 366 men and 99 women were performed. Significant differences were found between ischemic and nonischemic male patients.
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