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Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 507-512 , September 2007

Poor health-related quality of life in patients with peripheral arterial disease: Type D personality and severity of peripheral arterial disease as independent predictors

Annelies E. Aquarius, PhD
- Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: Annelies E. Aquarius, PhD, CoRPS, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Rm P507A, Warandelaan 2, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Johan Denollet, PhD
- Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Jolanda de Vries, PhD, MSc
- Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Jaap F. Hamming, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Received 9 January 2007 ,Accepted 11 April 2007.

Health-related quality of life at baseline and at 1-year follow-up stratified by type D personality (solid circles) and nontype D personality (open squares). Univariate analysis was by analysis of var

Health-related quality of life at baseline and at 1-year follow-up stratified by type D personality (solid circles) and nontype D personality (open squares). Univariate analysis was by analysis of variance for repeated measures. A higher score indicates better health status, with a high score on Bodily Pain representing the absence of pain.
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