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Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression

The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of the psychological variable of alexithymia both as a risk factor for the development of Ménière’s disease (MD) and as a component that influences the personal experience of MD and the individual quality of life. We collected data from 179 Italian p...

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Autores principales: Teggi, Roberto, Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne, Ruggieri, Claudio, Gatti, Omar, Rosolen, Federica, Bussi, Mario, Sarno, Lucio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8006144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672376
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11010008
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author Teggi, Roberto
Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne
Ruggieri, Claudio
Gatti, Omar
Rosolen, Federica
Bussi, Mario
Sarno, Lucio
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Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne
Ruggieri, Claudio
Gatti, Omar
Rosolen, Federica
Bussi, Mario
Sarno, Lucio
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description The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of the psychological variable of alexithymia both as a risk factor for the development of Ménière’s disease (MD) and as a component that influences the personal experience of MD and the individual quality of life. We collected data from 179 Italian patients who fulfilled criteria for definite MD. Patients filled out validated self-rating questionnaires to assess alexithymia (TAS-20), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), anxiety and depression (HADS), perception of stress (PSS) and coping strategies (COPE). Socio-demographic data and MD clinical features were collected using a specific rating form. Subjects affected by MD showed higher levels of alexithymia compared to general population. Among MD patients, those characterized by high levels of alexithymia revealed a significant increase in anxiety and depression, greater perceived stress, a lower quality of life in psychological health and social relationships domains and the use of less mature coping strategies in comparison with MD patients with low or absent alexithymia. Our preliminary data could help in hypothesizing a role of psychological functioning in MD development and in the adaptation to the disease. The presence of alexithymia in patients suffering from MD may constitute a risk factor for the development of anxiety and depression symptoms; greater perceived stress and for poorer psychological and relational quality of life. Therefore, our study design did not allow causal inferences and further studies are needed.
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spelling pubmed-80061442021-03-30 Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression Teggi, Roberto Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne Ruggieri, Claudio Gatti, Omar Rosolen, Federica Bussi, Mario Sarno, Lucio Audiol Res Article The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of the psychological variable of alexithymia both as a risk factor for the development of Ménière’s disease (MD) and as a component that influences the personal experience of MD and the individual quality of life. We collected data from 179 Italian patients who fulfilled criteria for definite MD. Patients filled out validated self-rating questionnaires to assess alexithymia (TAS-20), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), anxiety and depression (HADS), perception of stress (PSS) and coping strategies (COPE). Socio-demographic data and MD clinical features were collected using a specific rating form. Subjects affected by MD showed higher levels of alexithymia compared to general population. Among MD patients, those characterized by high levels of alexithymia revealed a significant increase in anxiety and depression, greater perceived stress, a lower quality of life in psychological health and social relationships domains and the use of less mature coping strategies in comparison with MD patients with low or absent alexithymia. Our preliminary data could help in hypothesizing a role of psychological functioning in MD development and in the adaptation to the disease. The presence of alexithymia in patients suffering from MD may constitute a risk factor for the development of anxiety and depression symptoms; greater perceived stress and for poorer psychological and relational quality of life. Therefore, our study design did not allow causal inferences and further studies are needed. MDPI 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8006144/ /pubmed/33672376 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11010008 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Teggi, Roberto
Finocchiaro, Claudia Yvonne
Ruggieri, Claudio
Gatti, Omar
Rosolen, Federica
Bussi, Mario
Sarno, Lucio
Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title_full Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title_fullStr Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title_full_unstemmed Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title_short Alexithymia in Patients with Ménière Disease: A Possible Role on Anxiety and Depression
title_sort alexithymia in patients with ménière disease: a possible role on anxiety and depression
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8006144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672376
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/audiolres11010008
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