Personality Profile of Patients With Apical Ballooning Syndrome

Personality Profile of Patients With Apical Ballooning Syndrome (ABS)

The investigators' hypothesis is that patients with apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) will manifest a personality profile that differs than that of a population of similar range of ethnic and socioeconomic status.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Apical Ballooning Syndrome

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 53

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Minnesota
    • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
      • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will be conducted among participants in the Mayo Clinic Apical Ballooning Registry. These patients were prospectively diagnosed with Apical Ballooning Syndrome at the time of presentation with their acute illness, and consented to participation in a registry. They are residents of Olmsted County, and the surrounding regions for which the Mayo Clinic serves as a tertiary care center. Enrollment in the registry requires satisfaction of standard criteria for the diagnosis of ABS and includes the administration of a standardized questionnaire. Subjects have agreed to participate in yearly follow up questionnaires about their health status.

Description

Inclusion criteria:

1. Patients who have suffered with ABS
2. Adults (18 years or older)
3. Able to read English at a 6th grade level (questionnaires are self-administered and written in English)

Exclusion criteria:

1. Have withdrawn from the registry
2. Have died

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Range of personality traits as assessed by the "NEO-PI-3"	The "NEO PI-3" measures the five major domains of personality, which are: Neuroticism; Extraversion; Openness; Agreeableness; Conscientiousness	Baseline: the traits will be assessed once upon enrollment into the study

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Abhiram Prasad, MD, Mayo Clinic

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): June 25, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 16, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2015
• Last Verified: February 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Personality; Apical Ballooning syndrome
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Disease; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; Ventricular Dysfunction; Syndrome; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
• Other Study ID Numbers: 13-003419