Prevalence of Alexithymia in the General Adult Population of Quetta, Balochistan in Pakistan

Khan, Nida Tabassum

doi:10.4172/2168-9849.1000160

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“…Secondly, the sample for this study comprised male university students. Numerous studies have revealed gender differences concerning alexithymia, calling attention to the prevalence of alexithymia in men when compared with women (Khan, 2017; Levant et al, 2009; Salminen et al, 1999). In addition, studies have also shown that university students are not only at a greater risk of developing mental health disorders (Naz et al, 2017), but psychiatric disorders are also most prevalent in those students with substance use, anxiety, and mood disorders (Pedrelli et al, 2015).…”

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Alexithymia Reduction Treatment: A pilot quasi‐experimental study for remediation of alexithymia and its consequent effects on the general mental health of university students

Akram

Arshad

2022

Couns and Psychother Res

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Objectives Alexithymia is the inability of an individual to adequately recognise and describe their emotions, which directly affects mental health by precipitating psychological disorders or by causing a disturbance to interpersonal functioning, coping responses, and quality of life. The purpose of this research was to test the efficacy of alexithymia reduction treatment (ART), a pilot online group intervention specifically designed to ameliorate alexithymia in men. Methods As this was a pilot study, a small sample consisting entirely of male university students (n = 20) was selected. The participants were screened on the standardised measures at pre‐treatment and post‐treatment and were assigned to a treatment group (n = 10) or wait‐list control group (n = 10). The study utilised a quasi‐experimental design as the participants were assigned to the treatment and wait‐list control group based on their availability to attend the therapeutic sessions. The treatment group then received ART while the wait‐list control received no treatment at that time. Results The statistical analysis showed a significant reduction in the participants' alexithymia, as well as depression and anxiety, in the treatment group but not in the wait‐list control group. Conclusion ART proves to be efficacious in reducing alexithymia. In addition, the treatment modality proved to be useful in improving the participants' general psychological distress (anxiety, depressive symptoms).

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Alexithymia Reduction Treatment: A pilot quasi‐experimental study for remediation of alexithymia and its consequent effects on the general mental health of university students

Akram

Arshad

2022

Couns and Psychother Res

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“…In the last few years, the soft drinks industry is continuously increasing and elevated to the standard level of $2 billion. Its growth rate is increased up to 18% till 2009 (Khan, 2009). …”

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“…Ahmad (2003) revealed that all over Pakistan almost 170 beverage industrial units are working at present. Beverages industrial production reached a level of $2 billion during last years (Khan, 2009). People living in Pakistan consume non-alcoholic beverages to a great extent.…”

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“…Some empirical surveys are present, which describing the user choice for the drinks, are rare and these includes Murtaza et al (2004), Grimm et al (2004), Khan (2009) etc. In this survey, it was planned to examine the significant factors, which affect the user's preferences in the two main cities for beverage industry Pollard et al (2002) concluded that decision of food choice is related to intake of fruits as well as vegetables by the consumers.…”

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Consumer Demand for Beverages in Pakistan

Manan¹,

Shahid²,

Sultan³

et al. 2017

Cercetari Agronomice in Moldova

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ABSTRACT. This current research endeavors to study important factors having significant impact on consumer's choice of beverages in Punjab province of Pakistan. Beverages in two major categories of 'hot' and 'cold' have been studied to examine consumer consumption pattern. Data has been collected through interview from 80 respondents belonging to two major cities of Punjab, i.e. Lahore and Faisalabad, by incorporating stratified random sampling technique. These two cities of Punjab were selected because of big departmental stores opening like Metro Cash and Carry store, Al-Fateh and others. A pre tested and wellarranged questionnaire was used for data gathering from respondents. To estimate the outcome of factors affecting choices of consumers (demand function), multivariate analysis was incorporated. Results of this research showed that consumption pattern of cold beverages was affected significantly by consumer income, cold beverages prices, city selected for survey and number of adolescents in a family, whereas factors which affected the consumption of hot beverages were food expenditure, living area, marital status, income, working persons in a family, family size. Due to availability of copious brands of beverages, consumption is escalating with the passage of time and consumers are eager to pay but owing to high rates they are not relishing full taste of beverages. So, local industry should produce cost effective and quality drinks to enhance usage.

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“… 7 Single or isolated individuals, those who lack family support, and populations with low socioeconomic status all have a higher risk of developing alexithymia. 11 , 13 Face-to-face relationships and social, linguistic, and neuroscience exploration have been suggested in previous studies as possible treatments by which alexithymia might be improved. 2 , 16 Despite the significance of alexithymia, there are few studies regarding its prevalence and associated factors in Saudi Arabia.…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among medical students: A cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

Aljaffer

Almadani

Al-Ghamdi

et al. 2022

NSJ

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Objectives: To assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its associated factors among medical students at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at KSU, including 420 medical students from all years of medical college (i.e., first to the fifth year), by using an electronic questionnaire distributed during August 2021. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic-related questions and the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (a validated scale in the literature). Results: The prevalence of alexithymia among the participants was found to be 26.9%. A statistically significant association between alexithymia and gender ( p =0.013) was found. A diagnosis with any psychiatric condition ( p =0.026), history of abuse during childhood ( p =0.006), and lack of physical activity were associated with alexithymia. Conclusion: The prevalence of alexithymia among medical students at KSU was significantly higher than general population in literatures. It was indicated in the results that being female, having a psychiatric condition or history of childhood abuse, and lack of physical activity were all associated with alexithymia. We recommend increasing awareness of and screening for alexithymia and its associated factors among medical students.

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Prevalence of Alexithymia in the General Adult Population of Quetta, Balochistan in Pakistan

Cited by 3 publications

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Alexithymia Reduction Treatment: A pilot quasi‐experimental study for remediation of alexithymia and its consequent effects on the general mental health of university students

Alexithymia Reduction Treatment: A pilot quasi‐experimental study for remediation of alexithymia and its consequent effects on the general mental health of university students

Consumer Demand for Beverages in Pakistan

Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among medical students: A cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia

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