[A study of personality type and its pathogenetic effect on patients with cerebrovascular disease]

A survey of the personality types of 85 patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) was made in comparison with those of 100 healthy persons. A personality behaviour scale in the form of questionnaires was used. The result showed that not only the total scores (TH + CH) of the patients, group were much higher than those of the healthy subject group (P less than 0.01), but the scores of TH and CH were also higher than those of the control group respectively. This group of CVD patients have similar personality types as the group of patients "A" type of personality being dominant in both groups. Using the method of multiple steps and regression analytical procedures with the help of an IBM PC/XT microcomputer, fourteen independent variables (X1-14) and six dependent variables (Y1-6) were analysed individually. The results revealed that the usual, conventional risk factors such as elderly age, history of hypertension, obesity, alcoholism, and etc. Would be the most important pathogenic elements. Although the "A" type of personality ranked behind the above mentioned factors, yet its importance should not be neglected.