Alexithymia and psychopathology in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Silva, Hélder; Freitas, João; Moreira, Sara; Santos, António; Almeida, Vera

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“…Alexithymia has been associated with an expanding range of somatic pathologies such as inflammatory bowel disease, myocardial infarction, chronic respiratory diseases, dermatologic conditions, chronic pain, neuromuscular disorders, diabetes and food allergy (). It has been found to increase unhealthy behaviours and susceptibility to organic diseases notably immune‐mediated disorders via physiological, behavioural, cognitive or social pathways from childhood leading to adverse outcomes in adulthood .…”

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Coping strategies, alexithymia and anxiety in young patients with food allergy

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Ferruzza

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Allergy

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“…Previous research on different chronic diseases highlighted the need to develop and test alexithymia interventions and examine their effects on important disease‐related variables (e.g. HRQL, symptoms) . A controlled study found a significant decrease in TAS scores among cardiac patients in psychological treatment but not in controls.…”

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Coping strategies, alexithymia and anxiety in young patients with food allergy

Polloni

DunnGalvin

Ferruzza

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Allergy

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“…Myocardial infarction (MI) is still one of the most important health problems today despite improvements in diagnosis and treatment. In recent years, the interaction between emotional diseases and heart diseases has been noted, and the connection of mental disorders with cardiac diseases has been pointed out (1).…”

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“…Different studies have reported a close relationship between cardiac diseases and alexithymia (1,(7)(8)(9). Oxygen deprivation in MI requires urgent medical attention and causes damage to heart tissue and death of tissue, which requires urgency for early diagnosis and reperfusion treatment for good prognosis.…”

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Determination of the Alexithymia in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Türkmen¹,

Hintistan²

2020

Bezmialem Science

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ÖZ ABSTRACTAmaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı miyokard enfarktüsü geçiren hastalarda aleksitimi ve ilişkili faktörleri belirlemektir.Yöntemler: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma, Haziran-Kasım 2016 tarihleri arasında 211 hasta ile yapıldı. Veriler, yüz yüze görüşme tekniği kullanılarak "Hasta Bilgi Formu" ve "Toronto Aleksitimi ölçeği-20" ile toplandı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis ve Bonferroni testi kullanıldı.Bulgular: Miyokard enfarktüsü geçiren hastalar aleksitimik özelliklere sahiptir. Cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi, yaşanılan yer, çalışma durumu, gelir düzeyi, koroner arter hastalığı süresi ve hipertansiyon, "Toronto Aleksitimi ölçeği-20" toplam puan ortalamalarını etkilemektedir (p<0.05). Ayrıca, cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi, çalışma durumu, gelir düzeyi ve hastalığını anlatma hastaların "duygularını tanıma güçlüğünü" etkilerken; alkol kullanımı "duygularını ifade etme güçlüğünü", yaş ve çalışma durumu ise "dışa dönük düşünmeyi" etkilemektedir (p<0.05).Sonuç: Miyokard enfarktüsü geçiren hastaların aleksitimik özellikler göstermesi ve bu özellikleri etkileyen fazla sayıda faktörlerin varlığı nedeniyle aleksitimik özelliklerin miyokard enfarktüsünün tanı ve tedavi sürecindeki etkisine dikkat edilmelidir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Miyokard enfarktüsü, aleksitimi, hastaObjective: The aim of this study was to determine alexithymia and related factors in patients with myocardial infarction. Methods:A cross-sectional and descriptive study including 211 patients was conducted between June and November 2016. Data were collected using a face-to-face interview method with "Patient Information Form" and Toronto Alexithymia scale-20. The number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni test were used to evaluate the data. Results:Patients with myocardial infarction have alexithymic features. Gender, educational level, place of residence, working status, income level, duration of coronary artery disease and hypertension affected the "Toronto Alexithymia scale-20" point average (p<0.05). Also, gender, education level, working status, income level and tell someone else about disease affect patients' "difficulty in recognizing emotions"; the use of alcohol affects the "difficulty of expressing emotions", the age and working status affect the "externally-oriented thinking" (p<0.05). Conclusion:Attention should be paid to the effect of alexithymic features on the diagnosis and treatment of myocardial infarction due to the presence of alexithymic features in patients with myocardial infarction and the presence of many factors affecting these features.

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“…Alexithymia has been found in patients suffering chronic pain with no identifiable cause, including patients with fibromyalgia (van Middendorp et al, 2008), depression and psychosomatic illnesses (Kusevic et al, 2013), high blood pressure, Crohn's disease, psychiatric patients (panic and anxiety disorders, depression), and those with kidney and rheumatic diseases (Marchesi et al, 2013;Sayar, Kirmayer, & Taillefer, 2004;Silva, Freitas, Moreira, Santos, & Almeida, 2016;Di Tella & Castelli, 2016). However, the prevalence of alexithymia has also been found to be as high as 7% among the general population (Steinweg, Dallas, & Rea, 2011) without any link to specific disorders (Cox, Kuch, Parker, Shulman, & Evans, 1994;Praceres et al, 2000;Yoshida, 2000Yoshida, , 2007.…”

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Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Adaptation of the Brazilian Version to Low-Educated Adults

Fortes

Bordin

Semer

2017

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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For the purpose of studying Alexithymia in low-educated adults, we intend to adapt the Brazilian version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26) and to verify its internal consistency. With that aim, we translated the original TAS-26 (English) to Portuguese, adopting a colloquial language, without content distortion. An exploratory qualitative study interviewed 50 women (38-65 years, education <9 years) and identified comprehension difficulties in 22 items, that needed adaptation. A professional translator performed the back-translation of the adapted TAS-26, that was applied to a new sample of women (90 with chronical pain and 90 without pain, 38-65 years, education <9 years) to evaluate its internal consistency. Only four items (1/2/3/16) of the pre-existing Brazilian version (appropriate to university students) did not require modification. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) was satisfactory for total score (0.65) and elevated for factor 1 (0.87). The adapted Brazilian version of TAS-26 is appropriate to low-educated adults.

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Alexithymia and psychopathology in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Abstract: In this clinical setting the deficit of emotion expression points to the need of psychotherapeutic intervention in patients after an AMI event occurs, to improve prognosis and well-being.

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Coping strategies, alexithymia and anxiety in young patients with food allergy

Coping strategies, alexithymia and anxiety in young patients with food allergy

Determination of the Alexithymia in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Adaptation of the Brazilian Version to Low-Educated Adults

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