ADAPTATION OF TYPE D PERSONALITY SCALE TO TURKISH AND DETERMINING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY FOR CORONARY HEART PATIENTS.

Introduction and Objective: Different forms of personality characteristics play important role in different diseases such as depression and coronary heart diseases. Our goal was to determine a scale that determines personal characteristics and also which is in correlation between depressive characteristics and coronary heart disease. Method: The study was carried out between January first and September first 2015. DS14 scale Turkish version and Beck Depression Inventory were applied to 104 coronary artery disease patients hospitalized in coronary intensive care unit. Control group was formed by 101 patients hospitalized in internal medicine and family medicine clinics. Results and Conclusions: A correlation between DS14 scale consisting of NA (negative affect) and SI(social inhibition) (α=0,87 and α=0,87) and Beck Depression Inventory, and NA & SI was determined (r=0,747/0,432; p≤0,000). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed for the DS14 scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was found sufficient among coroner artery patients (Cmin=135,47, df=76, Cmin/df=1.78, GFI(goodness of fit indeks)=0,85, CFI (comparative fit indeks)=0,91, RMSEA (root mean squared error)=0.087). Turkish version of DS14 scale has been found to be valid and reliable among Turkish coronary artery patients. Type D personality traits, NA and SI was determined to be significantly higher among coronary artery patients.