@article{ref1,
title="Study of the relationship between aggression and chronic diseases (diabetes and hypertension)",
journal="Journal of evaluation in clinical practice",
year="2015",
author="Tilov, Boris and Semerdzhieva, Maria and Bakova, Desislava and Tornyova, Biyanka and Stoyanov, Drozdstoi",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="421-424",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This study focused on the widely examined psychosomatic diseases - diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension as chronic conditions. The Buss-Perry validated questionnaire was used in it to measure aggression in Bulgarian conditions. <br><br>AIM: To study aggression as a predictor and a connection of the chronic diseases diabetes and hypertension. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The number of the studied people was 142: 54 (38%) men and 88 (62%) women. Thirty-six of them had musculoskeletal disorders (77.8% women and 22.2% men), 54 had diabetes mellitus (29% women and 25% men) and 52 had hypertension (31% women and 21% men). <br><br>RESULTS: During the statistical analysis of the data, the results from the Buss-Perry questionnaire were compared in the group of patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus with chronic diseases, related to musculoskeletal disorders. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in 95% of the cases between anger, hostility in patients with diabetes, hypertension and musculoskeletal disorders. The highest levels of physical aggression were observed in patients with arterial hypertension, M = 17.32 ± 0.86. The highest average levels of verbal aggression were observed in patients with diabetes, M = 15.24 ± 0.64. The highest levels of anger were observed with patients with hypertension, M = 17.96 ± 0.90, and hostility - in patients with hypertension, M = 19.15 ± 0.86. The comparison between the four Aggression Questionnaire scales showed statistically significant differences between the patients with musculoskeletal disorders and the ones with hypertension and diabetes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1356-1294",
doi="10.1111/jep.12502",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.12502"
}