Influence of various psychological correlates in cardiovascular disease patients

Background: Cardiovascular disorders continue to be one of the major causes of death in the world. The central nervous system serves as a bridge for the transition; and it links psychological factors to cardiac dysfunction. The interplay of biological and psychological factors in the development of cardiovascular disorders has long been suspected. Aim: This study aimed to assess the differential influence of various psychosocial adjustments, psychiatric morbidity in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Materials and methods: The subject of the present study was divided in to three group’s i.e. cardiovascular patients, non-cardiac patients, and normal subjects. This study focused on three inventories temperament, type-A behaviour and self-esteem. Results: Cardiac subgroups showed some similarities with normal and non-cardiac subgroup as well. Type-A behavior didn’t have much influence on CVD patient and all patients had less self-esteem. Cardiac patients had less stable temperament and objective temperament was less than the normal subjects, more than non-cardiac patient. Sociability was not a scale to predict the CVD’s. Conclusion: The importance of understanding the psychological correlates of cardiovascular diseases has been undoubtedly established. The interplay of physical and psychological factors in the development of cardiovascular diseases is a truth and not a myth.