TYPE-A BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION IN PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE REDUCES HOSTILITYAND TIME PRESSURE - A STUDY IN SWEDEN

Authors
KARLBERG L KRAKAU I UNDEN AL
Citation
L. Karlberg et al., TYPE-A BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION IN PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE REDUCES HOSTILITYAND TIME PRESSURE - A STUDY IN SWEDEN, Social science & medicine, 46(3), 1998, pp. 397-402
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Biomedical","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Social science & medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02779536
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
397 - 402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-9536(1998)46:3<397:TBIIPH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This study evaluates the effects of an intervention on hostility and t ime pressure in primary health care patients. A total of 47 men and wo men were studied, of whom 22 participated in an intervention program a nd 25 were controls. The intervention group changed global Type A beha vior, hostility and time pressure significantly more than the control group and this change was stable up to 2 years following the study. Me n altered their behavior significantly more than women. (C) 1997 Publi shed by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.