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Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life
Background: Alexithymia frequently correlates with several psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorder (SUD). However, most studies reporting the associations between alexithymia and psychiatric disorders have been performed in populations without SUD. This research, therefore, evaluates...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33897505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659063 |
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author | Palma-Álvarez, Raul F. Ros-Cucurull, Elena Daigre, Constanza Perea-Ortueta, Marta Serrano-Pérez, Pedro Martínez-Luna, Nieves Salas-Martínez, Anna Robles-Martínez, María Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A. Roncero, Carlos Grau-López, Lara |
author_facet | Palma-Álvarez, Raul F. Ros-Cucurull, Elena Daigre, Constanza Perea-Ortueta, Marta Serrano-Pérez, Pedro Martínez-Luna, Nieves Salas-Martínez, Anna Robles-Martínez, María Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A. Roncero, Carlos Grau-López, Lara |
author_sort | Palma-Álvarez, Raul F. |
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description | Background: Alexithymia frequently correlates with several psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorder (SUD). However, most studies reporting the associations between alexithymia and psychiatric disorders have been performed in populations without SUD. This research, therefore, evaluates alexithymia in Spanish patients with SUD and the relationship among alexithymia, psychiatric comorbidities, psychological symptoms/traits, SUD variables, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 126 Spanish outpatients with SUD (75.4% males; mean age 43.72 ± 14.61 years), correlating their alexithymia levels (using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 [TAS-20]) to their psychiatric comorbidities, psychological symptoms/traits, SUD variables, and HRQoL. Results: Alexithymia was significantly higher in patients who had cannabis use disorder. Higher alexithymia scores were also related to higher levels of depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and lower HRQoL. After multivariate analysis, trait anxiety, impulsivity, and the physical component summary of the HRQoL were found to be independently related to alexithymia. Conclusions: SUD patients with higher alexithymia levels have more frequently psychiatric comorbidities, present specific psychological features, and have worse HRQoL. Hence, it is important to evaluate these factors and offer more accurate psychotherapeutic approaches for this patient population. |
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spelling | pubmed-80628602021-04-24 Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life Palma-Álvarez, Raul F. Ros-Cucurull, Elena Daigre, Constanza Perea-Ortueta, Marta Serrano-Pérez, Pedro Martínez-Luna, Nieves Salas-Martínez, Anna Robles-Martínez, María Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A. Roncero, Carlos Grau-López, Lara Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Background: Alexithymia frequently correlates with several psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorder (SUD). However, most studies reporting the associations between alexithymia and psychiatric disorders have been performed in populations without SUD. This research, therefore, evaluates alexithymia in Spanish patients with SUD and the relationship among alexithymia, psychiatric comorbidities, psychological symptoms/traits, SUD variables, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 126 Spanish outpatients with SUD (75.4% males; mean age 43.72 ± 14.61 years), correlating their alexithymia levels (using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 [TAS-20]) to their psychiatric comorbidities, psychological symptoms/traits, SUD variables, and HRQoL. Results: Alexithymia was significantly higher in patients who had cannabis use disorder. Higher alexithymia scores were also related to higher levels of depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and lower HRQoL. After multivariate analysis, trait anxiety, impulsivity, and the physical component summary of the HRQoL were found to be independently related to alexithymia. Conclusions: SUD patients with higher alexithymia levels have more frequently psychiatric comorbidities, present specific psychological features, and have worse HRQoL. Hence, it is important to evaluate these factors and offer more accurate psychotherapeutic approaches for this patient population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8062860/ /pubmed/33897505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659063 Text en Copyright © 2021 Palma-Álvarez, Ros-Cucurull, Daigre, Perea-Ortueta, Serrano-Pérez, Martínez-Luna, Salas-Martínez, Robles-Martínez, Ramos-Quiroga, Roncero and Grau-López. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Palma-Álvarez, Raul F. Ros-Cucurull, Elena Daigre, Constanza Perea-Ortueta, Marta Serrano-Pérez, Pedro Martínez-Luna, Nieves Salas-Martínez, Anna Robles-Martínez, María Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A. Roncero, Carlos Grau-López, Lara Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title | Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full | Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_fullStr | Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_short | Alexithymia in Patients With Substance Use Disorders and Its Relationship With Psychiatric Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_sort | alexithymia in patients with substance use disorders and its relationship with psychiatric comorbidities and health-related quality of life |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33897505 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659063 |
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