It is of outmost importance that we collect information from medical institutes regarding behaviour pattern of the undergraduate medical students (UGMS). We really need to know the numbers of type A personality in our set-up. If appropriate and timely intervention regarding anger and hostility are done regarding behaviour patterns, risk of coronary disease can be substantially reduced. 8Īlthough personality disorder is quite a prevalent condition and it also has association with hypertension, heart diseases and depression 9, limited research is available regarding personality disorder association with comorbid conditions. 7 According to a research conducted in USA, the prevalence of personality disorders (PD’s) was 13.4% (SE, 0.7). To judge the presence of type A personality, several researchers have used impatience, anger, work involvement, time urgency, job dissatisfaction and competitiveness grades. Furthermore, Type B personalities may have a poor sense of time schedule and can be predominately right brained thinkers. 5 On the other hand Type B personality includes people who live at a lower stress level and typically work steadily, enjoying achievements but not becoming stressed when they are not achieved. High-achieving ‘workaholic 4 ’ are usually type A personality who multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both delays and ambivalence. 3Īmbitious, rigidly organized, highly status conscious, impatient are usually Type A personality.
In a study, 13% of the reports describe injuries due to aggressive behaviour. Type A behaviour pattern (TABP), characterized by time urgency, impatience, and hostility, has been traditionally reported to be associated with coronary heart disease since the 1950s. Type A and coronary artery disease has positive link and positive association with stress also. The presence of hostile behaviour in particular has effect on heart disease and is attributed as a factor for it as early as 1930s. Research shows that emotional resilience and behaviour traits have a significant impact on cardiovascular diseases. Significant association was observed in student year and type A personality.įor the first time, type A behaviour was described in 1959 by two cardiologists as ‘an action-emotion complex that can be observed in any person who is aggressively involved in chronic, incessant struggle to achieve many goals at the same time’. Association between student year and personality type was significant (p=0.010) at 95% confidence level.Ĭonclusion: Type A personality students existed in every class and there was a gradual increase in the number of type A personality students from 1st year to final year in an undergraduate medical college of Rawalpindi. Type A personality was 29 (11.6%) in female students (n=250) and 25 (10%) in male students (n=250). Among all the study participants (n=500), total number of type A was 54 (10.8%) and type B personality students were 446 (89.2%). Results: First, second, third, fourth and final year students had 5 (1%), 6 (1.2%), 11 (2.2%), (13 (2.6%) and 19 (3.8%) type A personality respectively. To find association between student year and personality type, Chi-square test of significance with 95% confidence level was used. According to BAI scale, students were identified as Type A or B personality.
After taking consent from the institute and students, data was collected on BECK anxiety inventory (BAI) questionnaire. Among 500 sample size, 100 students from each MBBS year were inducted by probability systematic sampling technique. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Undergraduate Medical College, Rawalpindi from Sept. To find association between student year and personality type. Objectives: To find out the frequency of Type A and Type B personality among the students of Undergraduate Medical College.
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