Association of Anger Score with the Development of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: An Observational Study

Abstract

Aim: The present study was undertaken to observe the correlation between the development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and anger score and its implication in outcome of surgical cases. Methods: Study design: This was a observational study. Study population: A total of 40 male and female patients in the age group of 30–60 years and those admitted to the cardiac center were enrolled in the study. Novaco anger inventory short form was used in the study. Results and Discussion: Socio-demographic data of participants are presented in Tables 1-3. Table 4 presents the frequency distribution of the degree of LVH among patients. Table 5 presents frequency distributions of levels of anger among patients. Table 6 presents the correlation between Anger and LVH among patients. The value of R = 0.9524. This is a strong positive correlation, which means that high anger variable scores go with high LVH (and vice versa). The value of R2, the coefficient of determination, is 0.9071. Conclusion: There is a strong positive correlation, which means that high anger variable scores go with high LVH. Further detailed studies recommended understanding the relationship between these two variables so that it can be recommended to manage anger also in patients with cardiac disorders along with regular treatment. These principles are to be used as guiding principles in pre-operative screening of patients with comorbidities posted for surgery in the planning processes.