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100 male and 80 female patients with coronary heart disease were examined by means of the Cattell 16 PF questionnaire. Both sexes showed neurotic anxiety traits with a tendency to introversion, when compared with the American norm. These characteristics may have been partly or entirely the result of the illness and hospitalisation. When compared to Irish student norms, the anxiety/neurotic/introversion pattern remained but was less strikingly different because of the Irish student's similiar tendency.
Comparison of male and female profiles showed a paradoxical tendency for the males to show certain unexpected female characteristics, with male characteristics among the female patients.
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With the statistical assistance of James McGilvray, M.A.
This work was supported by The British Heart Foundation.
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Finn, F., Hickey, N., O'Doherty, E.F. et al. The psychological profiles of male and female patients with coronary heart disease. I. J. Med. Sc. 2, 339–341 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02955411
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