Longitudinal study of alexithymia and multiple sclerosis
| Autor: | Thibault Moreau, Fabien Rollot, Céline Duchene, B. Bonin, Khadija Chahraoui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Alexithymia Change over time medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Multiple Sclerosis media_common.quotation_subject Anxiety Severity of Illness Index Young Adult Behavioral Neuroscience medicine Humans In patient Affective Symptoms Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Original Research media_common Depression Multiple sclerosis longitudinal study Middle Aged medicine.disease Feeling Female medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Brain and Behavior |
| ISSN: | 2162-3279 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/brb3.194 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the course of alexithymia and its relation with anxiety and depression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), over a period of 5 years. Methods Sixty-two MS patients were examined at two timepoints, 5 years apart, and they answered questionnaires collecting socio-demographic, medical, and psychological data (depression, anxiety, alexithymia). Results Our data show that emotional disorders remain stable over time in patients with MS, particularly as regards alexithymia and anxiety. Conversely, the rate of depression decreased between the two evaluations, falling from 40% to 26%. The two dimensions of alexithymia (i.e., difficulty describing and difficulty identifying feelings) were correlated with anxiety and depression, whereas the third component of alexithymia (externally oriented thinking) was independent, and was the only component to change over time, with a significant fall observed at 5 years. Conclusion Alexithymia was associated with increased severity of anxiety and attack relapses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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