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Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study
Starting in the 1990s, there has been accumulating evidence of alexithymic characteristics in adult patients with primary headache. Little research has been conducted, however, on the relationship between alexithymia and primary headache in developmental age. In their research on alexithymia in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20730593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0248-6 |
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author | Gatta, Michela Canetta, Elisabetta Zordan, Maria Spoto, Andrea Ferruzza, Emilia Manco, Irene Addis, Alessandra Dal Zotto, Lara Toldo, Irene Sartori, Stefano Battistella, Pier Antonio |
author_facet | Gatta, Michela Canetta, Elisabetta Zordan, Maria Spoto, Andrea Ferruzza, Emilia Manco, Irene Addis, Alessandra Dal Zotto, Lara Toldo, Irene Sartori, Stefano Battistella, Pier Antonio |
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description | Starting in the 1990s, there has been accumulating evidence of alexithymic characteristics in adult patients with primary headache. Little research has been conducted, however, on the relationship between alexithymia and primary headache in developmental age. In their research on alexithymia in the formative years, the authors identified one of the most promising prospects for research, as discussed here. The aim of this study was to verify whether there is: (a) a link between tension-type headache and alexithymia in childhood and early adolescence; and (b) a correlation between alexithymia in children/preadolescents and their mothers. This study was based on an experimental group of 32 patients (26 females and 6 males, aged from 8 to 15 years, mean 11.2 ± 2.0) suffering from tension-type headache and 32 control subjects (26 females and 6 males, aged from 8 to 15 years, mean 11.8 ± 1.6). Tension-type headache was diagnosed by applying the International Headache Classification (ICHD-II, 2004). The alexithymic construct was measured using an Italian version of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children in the case of the juvenile patients and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) for their mothers. Higher rates of alexithymia were observed in the children/preadolescents in the experimental group (EG) than in the control group; in the EG there was no significant correlation between the alexithymia rates in the children/preadolescents and in their mothers. |
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spelling | pubmed-30725082011-05-18 Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study Gatta, Michela Canetta, Elisabetta Zordan, Maria Spoto, Andrea Ferruzza, Emilia Manco, Irene Addis, Alessandra Dal Zotto, Lara Toldo, Irene Sartori, Stefano Battistella, Pier Antonio J Headache Pain Original Starting in the 1990s, there has been accumulating evidence of alexithymic characteristics in adult patients with primary headache. Little research has been conducted, however, on the relationship between alexithymia and primary headache in developmental age. In their research on alexithymia in the formative years, the authors identified one of the most promising prospects for research, as discussed here. The aim of this study was to verify whether there is: (a) a link between tension-type headache and alexithymia in childhood and early adolescence; and (b) a correlation between alexithymia in children/preadolescents and their mothers. This study was based on an experimental group of 32 patients (26 females and 6 males, aged from 8 to 15 years, mean 11.2 ± 2.0) suffering from tension-type headache and 32 control subjects (26 females and 6 males, aged from 8 to 15 years, mean 11.8 ± 1.6). Tension-type headache was diagnosed by applying the International Headache Classification (ICHD-II, 2004). The alexithymic construct was measured using an Italian version of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children in the case of the juvenile patients and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) for their mothers. Higher rates of alexithymia were observed in the children/preadolescents in the experimental group (EG) than in the control group; in the EG there was no significant correlation between the alexithymia rates in the children/preadolescents and in their mothers. Springer Milan 2010-08-22 2011-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3072508/ /pubmed/20730593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0248-6 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2010 |
spellingShingle | Original Gatta, Michela Canetta, Elisabetta Zordan, Maria Spoto, Andrea Ferruzza, Emilia Manco, Irene Addis, Alessandra Dal Zotto, Lara Toldo, Irene Sartori, Stefano Battistella, Pier Antonio Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title | Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title_full | Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title_fullStr | Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title_short | Alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
title_sort | alexithymia in juvenile primary headache sufferers: a pilot study |
topic | Original |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20730593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-010-0248-6 |
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